EC Neurology

Several studies have reported that PTSD is refractory to treatment, leaving patients with a poor prognosis. Medications used such as SSRIs and benzodiazepines are stated in previous studies as alleviating agents without the induction of remission. Here we report the neuronal model known as kindling to show a commonality between PTSD and epilepsy. This similarity between epilepsy and kindling opens the opportunity to treat PTSD with medications currently used in epileptic patients.

 Keywords: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Kindling; Antiepileptic Medications

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