Daily Junction.mobi portal<p>For now, the findings suggest that changes in temperature regulation may be an overlooked feature of epilepsy.. The next step is to find out whether the changes seen in the brain affect how people with epilepsy regulate temperature and respond to heat. With climate change increasing concern about the effects of extreme temperatures on people with conditions <a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9386889/">affecting the brain and nervous system</a>, that is an increasingly important question to answer.<!-- Below is The Conversation's page counter tag. Please DO NOT REMOVE. --><img src="https://counter.theconversation.com/content/289335/count.gif?distributor=republish-lightbox-basic" alt="The Conversation" width="1" height="1" style="border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; margin: 0 !important; max-height: 1px !important; max-width: 1px !important; min-height: 1px !important; min-width: 1px !important; opacity: 0 !important; outline: none !important; padding: 0 !important" referrerpolicy="no-referrer-when-downgrade" /><!-- End of code. If you don't see any code above, please get new code from the Advanced tab after you click the republish button. The page counter does not collect any personal data. More info: https://theconversation.com/republishing-guidelines --></p>
<p><span><a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/david-henshall-2751804">David Henshall</a>, Professor Physiology and Medical Physics and Director of FutureNeuro, the Research Ireland Centre for Translational Brain Sciences, hosted at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, <em><a href="https://theconversation.com/institutions/rcsi-university-of-medicine-and-health-sciences-788">RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences</a></em>; <a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/annamaria-vezzani-2754022">Annamaria Vezzani</a>, Head of the Laboratory of Experimental Neurology, Department of Neuroscience, <em><a href="https://theconversation.com/institutions/mario-negri-institute-for-pharmacological-research-irccs-6876">Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS </a></em>, and <a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/rossella-di-sapia-2754036">Rossella Di Sapia</a>, Researcher Acute Brain and Cardiovascular Injury, Laboratory of Epilepsy and Therapeutic Strategies, <em><a href="https://theconversation.com/institutions/mario-negri-institute-for-pharmacological-research-irccs-6876">Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS </a></em></span></p>
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