Anti-Dandruff Compound May Help Fight Epilepsy, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Study Finds

Researchers at Johns Hopkins have discovered that the same ingredient used in dandruff shampoos to fight the burning, itching and flaking on your head also can calm overexcited nerve cells inside your head, making it a potential treatment for seizures. Results of the study can be found online in Nature Chemical Biology.

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