Summary1) Brain samples obtained by biopsy from the frontal lobes in idiopathic epilepsy patients showed an abnormal distribution of proteins in all five cases tested.2) Following three questions has been discussed: What is the original pattern of abnormal protein distribution found in the brains of idiopathic epilepsy patients? What significance has the abnormal protein distribution in concern with the predisposition toward epileptic seizures or for the mechanism which leads up to epileptic attacks? Is not the original pattern of abnormal protein distribution really induced by some developmental lesions of the brain?
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