Science

Can You Flip a Switch and Shut Down Seizures?

TUNING YOUR BRAIN

New research suggests how to turn off out-of-control signaling in the brain.

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Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast

By Rochelle Hines, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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.

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