Scientists test if yawning holds clue to epilepsy
NCT ID NCT01432821
Summary
This small, completed study aimed to understand how a brain chemical called dopamine works in people with a common form of epilepsy. Researchers compared 31 people with epilepsy to healthy volunteers, giving them a low dose of a dopamine-stimulating drug or a placebo. They then measured simple behaviors like yawning and blinking, along with brain waves and blood tests, to see if people with epilepsy reacted differently.
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CIC Department - University Hospital of Grenoble
La Tronche, Isere, 38700, France
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