Interesting, very interesting. I don't have time (or the brain power) to read it just now, but I'll definitely be coming back to it.

This is the articule that you mean to link...yes?

https://phys.org/news/2018-06-major-brain-receptor-treatment-epilepsy.html




Structure of major brain receptor that is treatment target for epilepsy, anxiety solved
June 27, 2018, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Structure of major brain receptor that is treatment target for epilepsy, anxiety solved
The architecture of the GABAA receptor. Credit: UT Southwestern
UT Southwestern researchers today published the first atomic structure of a brain receptor bound to a drug used to reverse anesthesia and to treat sedative overdoses.


"This study reveals the first high-resolution structural information for one of the most abundant and important neurotransmitter receptors in the brain," said Dr. Ryan Hibbs, corresponding author of the study published in Nature and Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Biophysics with the Peter O'Donnell Jr. Brain Institute at UT Southwestern. "We are tremendously excited about it."

Many drugs—both legal and illegal—work on the GABAA receptor. Particularly well-known are the benzodiazepines, which are used for anesthesia during surgery and prescribed to treat epilepsy, anxiety, and insomnia, he said, adding that solving the structure of the receptor could someday lead to better treatments for those conditions.

The GABAA receptor binds to GABA (γ-aminobutyric acid), the major inhibitory, or calming, neurotransmitter in the adult brain. To function properly, the brain needs a balance of stimulating and calming signals, said Dr. Hibbs. Dysfunction of the GABAA receptor is found in conditions marked by excessive excitation in the brain, such as epilepsy. In addition to the benzodiazepine class of sedatives, the GABAA receptor is a common target for barbiturates, anesthetics, and alcohol, he added. All of these drugs act on the brain by increasing the activity of the GABAA receptor, which in turn further dampens, or calms, brain activity.



Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2018-06-major-brain-receptor-treatment-epilepsy.html#jCp

Probably not good to post facebook stuff. Please folks do not do facebook or any other easier than actually doing something social stuff. Thanks.

@Cheese, it's not really a FB post. Or maybe better put, it's a FB link to an outside post.

Follow the link I posted.

Yes that is the link.

Didn't reply as thought it might be spam. So what is available for those of us whose minds are always going and sleep is interfered with?

This is the link and it's not spam.
https://phys.org/news/2018-06-major-brain-receptor-treatment-epilepsy.html#jCp