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SUBMITTER: Vezzani A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4743070 | biostudies-other | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine 20151218 2
This review reports the available evidence on the activation of the innate and adaptive branches of the immune system and the related inflammatory processes in epileptic disorders and the putative pathogenic role of inflammatory processes developing in the brain, as indicated by evidence from experimental and clinical research. Indeed, there is increasing knowledge supporting a role of specific inflammatory mediators and immune cells in the generation and recurrence of epileptic seizures, as wel ...[more]