Brain Cooling May Curb Trauma-Induced Seizures

Patients recovering from severe head injury often experience epileptic seizures that are hard to control. A new study in Annals of Neurology suggests that cooling the brain after trauma may prevent these seizures. While cooling the brain is not a new concept, researchers believe that doing so may allow brain cells to survive the stresses of an injury.

Scientists from the University of Washington and the University of Minnesota tested potential therapies in a rat model of brain injury, noticing that a headset that cools the rat brain seemed to stop and prevent seizures.  Click here to read the full article.