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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Inflammation and Epilepsy
Contributor:
Vezzani, Annamaria
imprint:
SAGE Publications, 2005
Published in:Epilepsy Currents
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1111/j.1535-7597.2005.05101.x
ISSN:
1535-7597;
1535-7511
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<jats:p>In recent years, increasing evidence has indicated that immune and inflammatory reactions occur in brain in various central nervous system (CNS) diseases. Furthermore, inflammatory processes, such as the production of proinflammatory cytokines and related molecules, have been described in brain after seizures induced in experimental models and in clinical cases of epilepsy. Although little is known about the role of inflammation in epilepsy, it has been hypothesized that activation of the innate immune system and associated inflammatory reactions in brain may mediate some of the molecular and structural changes occurring during and after seizure activity. Whether the innate immune response that takes place in epileptic tissue is beneficial or noxious to the CNS is still an open and intriguing question that should be addressed by further investigations.</jats:p>