The epileptic amygdala: Toward the development of a neural prosthesis by temporally coded electrical stimulation.

Many patients with epilepsy do not obtain proper control of their seizures through conventional treatment. We review aspects of the pathophysiology underlying epileptic phenomena, with a special interest in the role of the amygdala, stressing the importance of hypersynchronism in both ictogenesis and epileptogenesis. We then review experimental studies on electrical stimulation of mesiotemporal epileptogenic areas, the amygdala included, as a means to treat medically refractory epilepsy.

Analysis of the oxidase activity induced by CCl(4) and H(2)O(2) in different recombinant myoglobins.

Hemoproteins may present several functions due to their prosthetic groups. After a long time, well-studied proteins such as myoglobin have surprised us with new functions. Myoglobin is a hemoprotein which has some well described and unexpected functions within the organism.