The California-based research team released their findings in the journal ASN Neuro.
The new neurodegenerative condition, distinct from chronic neuroinflammation observed in other illnesses like Alzheimer's disease or frontotemporal dementia, were detailed in a study released in the American Journal of Human Genetics.
The team recruited seven human volunteers among a group of epilepsy patients who already had intracranial electrodes inserted in their brain for standard clinical monitoring to locate their seizures.