If you have epilepsy, you might see your brain as your enemy. It acts out when you least expect it. It steals your cognitive gifts and harms the body you’ve tried so hard to protect. But if you take a step back from investigating it at the molecular level and really look at the brain one cell at a time, you’ll see that it’s actually quite beautiful.

Epilepsy is a neurological disorder characterised by spontaneous recurrent seizures, affecting up to 65-75 million people worldwide. While genetic epilepsies usually involve an identifiable mutation or mutations within crucial neuronal genes, acquired epilepsies including temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) usually involve numerous hallmark pathologies which are then thought to give rise to the development of recurrent spontaneous seizures.

With BrainPost, we hope that everyone can learn more about the scientific process and stay up-to-date with the latest neuroscience findings. It's exciting to know that the research I publish can help make a difference in the lives of those living with neurological conditions, like epilepsy.