{"id":79,"date":"2007-10-08T18:03:21","date_gmt":"2007-10-08T18:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brainybehavior.com\/blog\/?p=79"},"modified":"2007-10-08T18:05:05","modified_gmt":"2007-10-08T18:05:05","slug":"brain-heatsink-to-reduce-seizures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brainybehavior.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/brain-heatsink-to-reduce-seizures\/","title":{"rendered":"Brain Heatsink to Reduce Seizures"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bxxtf6a09e531ca41b\" ><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Mobile in post -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:320px;height:100px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0039142346952764\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1620587573\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n.bxxtf6a09e531ca41b {\r\nmargin: 5px; padding: 0px;\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.bxxtf6a09e531ca41b {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.bxxtf6a09e531ca41b {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.bxxtf6a09e531ca41b {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.bxxtf6a09e531ca41b {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.bxxtf6a09e531ca41b {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n<p>Some Japanese researchers applied for a patent on an implanted brain radiator to reduce heat in areas of focal seizures. This device works in the same way as heatsinks in computers and radiators in cars. The researchers found that seizure activity increases the temperature of the affected brain area so they want to decrease seizures by decreasing the temperature. I have to admit, this is one of the strangest brain disorder treatments I&#8217;ve seen in quite a while.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/brainybehavior.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/brain_radiator.jpg\" title=\"Brain Radiator\" alt=\"Brain Radiator\" align=\"absbottom\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p><div class=\"glsla6a09e531ca462\" ><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Mobile in post -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:320px;height:100px\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0039142346952764\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"1620587573\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n.glsla6a09e531ca462 {\r\nmargin: 5px; padding: 0px;\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.glsla6a09e531ca462 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.glsla6a09e531ca462 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.glsla6a09e531ca462 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.glsla6a09e531ca462 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.glsla6a09e531ca462 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/blog\/invention\/2007\/10\/brain-radiator.html\" title=\"Link\">Link to NewScientist article<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ulcmt6a09e531ca48b\" ><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Mobile in post -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:320px;height:100px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0039142346952764\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1620587573\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n.ulcmt6a09e531ca48b {\r\nmargin: 5px; padding: 0px;\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.ulcmt6a09e531ca48b {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.ulcmt6a09e531ca48b {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.ulcmt6a09e531ca48b {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.ulcmt6a09e531ca48b {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.ulcmt6a09e531ca48b {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some Japanese researchers applied for a patent on an implanted brain radiator to reduce heat in areas of focal seizures. This device works in the same way as heatsinks in computers and radiators in cars. The researchers found that seizure activity increases the temperature of the affected brain area so they want to decrease seizures &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brainybehavior.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/brain-heatsink-to-reduce-seizures\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Brain Heatsink to Reduce Seizures&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brainybehavior.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brainybehavior.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brainybehavior.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brainybehavior.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brainybehavior.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brainybehavior.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brainybehavior.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brainybehavior.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brainybehavior.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}