{
  "id": 8288620,
  "title": "Traumatic Brain Injury induces persistent behavioural deficits that are rescued by the antiepileptic drug Levetiracetam",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/traumatic-brain-injury-induces-persistent-behavioural-deficits-that",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-18T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.12.751143v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) produces acute challenges including seizures and neuroinflammation, and these then exacerbate lifelong difficulties including epilepsy, dementias, and anxiety. Applying antiepileptic drugs (AED) to manage acute seizures after TBI has promise to slow these progressive deficits. Levetiracetam (LEV) is an AED that mitigates seizures and neuroinflammation in various…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}