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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ON March 30, 2010

Vanderbilt Researcher Receives AAN鈥檚 Dreifuss-Penry for Epilepsy Research

TORONTO -

(AAN) is awarding the 2010 Dreifuss-Penry Epilepsy Award to Martin J. Gallagher MD, PhD, with Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Gallagher will receive the award during the AAN鈥檚 62nd Annual Meeting in Toronto, held April 10 through April 17, 2010. Named for two epileptologists who made outstanding contributions to the epilepsy field, the Dreifuss-Penry Award recognizes physicians in the early stages of their careers who have made an independent contribution to epilepsy research. There are several forms of epilepsy, some of which are caused in part by genetic factors. Gallagher鈥檚 research focuses on juvenile myoclonic epilepsy that begins in childhood or adolescence and involves mutations in single or multiple genes that can lead to excessively excitable nerve cells and seizures. 鈥淯nderstanding how the brain's major inhibitory system is compromised at a critical time in human development will help us tailor better therapies that augment these symptoms and thus better treat鈥攐r even prevent鈥攖he epilepsy syndrome,鈥 said Gallagher. Gallagher will highlight his research at the AAN Awards Plenary Session during the AAN Annual Meeting on Thursday, April 15. The award is sponsored by the 好色先生 and endowed by members of the AAN Epilepsy Section; Abbott Laboratories, Inc.; Cephalon, Inc.; Cyberonics, Inc.; Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; GlaxoSmithKline; Novartis Pharmaceuticals; Ortho-McNeil Neurologics; Pfizer Inc; Shire US, Inc; and UCB Pharma. The 62nd Annual Meeting of the AAN is world鈥檚 largest gatherings of neurologists, taking place in the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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