Kainic acid

Okay, so imagine there are little things called nerve cells in our brain that help us think, move, and feel things. Sometimes, these nerve cells can become overactive and send too many signals to other nerve cells. This can cause something called seizures, which are like little electrical storms in the brain that can make us feel weird or even lose control of our body.

Kainic acid is a chemical that can cause seizures by making those nerve cells in our brain become overactive and send too many signals. It's kind of like if you had a bunch of toy cars and kept pushing them around too fast - eventually they might crash or get stuck.

Now, kainic acid is just a chemical so it doesn't have a brain of its own or try to hurt us on purpose. But it's important for scientists and doctors to understand how it works because they can use it to study seizures and try to figure out how to stop them from happening.