The majority of brain cancers (#gliomas) are very invasive and symptom onset often includes extraordinary changes to behaviors or dramatic side effects like #seizures. Recent studies showed that glioma cells reshape their microenvironment & form #electrically functional pseudo-synapses with neurons to integrate into the brain's #microcircuitry.

So one question naturally arises: What the hell is going on?

Read our latest research pulse blog:
https://www.3brain.com/research-pulse/hijacking-neurons-to-cause-a-seizure

#scicomm #neuroscience