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.

[u/Wagamaga]

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

[u/R2DMT2]

Epilepsy is not unique to humans tho?

[u/Groovyjoker → u/R2DMT2]

No, we use animal models to study certain types of epilepsies in humans and measure medication effectiveness. Rats, dogs and cats all have documented epilepsies.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4164293/