Joshua S Selfe

eLife digest One of the main causes of epilepsy in adults – particularly in developing countries – is a parasitic brain infection called neurocysticercosis. This can happen when people swallow tapeworm eggs, which hatch into larvae and migrate throughout the body. When these larvae infect the brain, they form structures called cysts, which can cause seizures.

Abstract Ionic driving forces provide the net electromotive force for ion movement across receptors, channels, and transporters, and are a fundamental property of all cells. In the nervous system, fast synaptic inhibition is mediated by chloride permeable GABAA and glycine receptors, and single-cell intracellular recordings have been the only method for estimating driving forces across these receptors (DFGABAA).

Abstract Ionic driving forces provide the net electromotive force for ion movement across receptors, channels, and transporters, and are a fundamental property of all cells. In the brain for example, fast synaptic inhibition is mediated by chloride permeable GABAA receptors, and single-cell intracellular recordings have been the only method for estimating driving forces across these receptors (DFGABAA).