Monday, February 9 marks International Epilepsy Day. In France, 600,000 people are affected by this chronic neurological disease, which can be expressed as different symptoms depending on the area of the brain affected. About 50% of epilepsy starts before the age of 10.
Discover the CaCovi project, which has shown that brain activity is regulated by inhibitory neurons called "basket cells", endowed with receptors sensitive to endogenous cannabinoids, opening up therapeutic prospects for pathologies such as epilepsy, schizophrenia and anxiety.
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