Flip a switch and shut down seizures? New research suggests how to turn off out-of-control signaling in the brain
- Written by Rochelle Hines, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
In an epileptic brain, the neurons fire wildly.Sergey Nivens/Shutterstock.com
The brain is a precision instrument. Its function depends on finely calibrated electrical activity triggering the release of chemical messages between neurons.
But sometimes the brain’s careful balance is knocked out of control, as in epilepsy....