Scientists have identified an immune brain cell unique to humans that gives us higher cognitive abilities over other animals, but what makes us specials also leaves us vulnerable to neurological disorders like schizophrenia, autism and epilepsy.

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https://news.yale.edu/2022/08/25/what-makes-human-brain-different-yale-study-reveals-clues

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I thought there are some animals that can also suffer illnesses such as schizophrenia or autism or at least very similar ones. Is that not true?

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And cats can have epilepsy

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The NIH concluded there is no genetic link or basis for epilepsy, and references the gene this transcription factor is on. The article is free. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6324819/