IEEE Pulse

Remote control of seizures

chemogeneticsDuring a seizure, the brain’s electrical signals run amok, producing torrents of neural activity that can cause a person to lose consciousness, shake involuntarily and disconcertingly, and even stop breathing. Researchers are now forging a path toward controlling seizures through chemogenetics, a method that introduces molecular control switches into the brain.

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