Abstract
Epilepsy is commonly associated with a number of neurodegenerative and pathological alterations in those areas of the brain that are involved in repeated electrographic seizures. These most prominently include neuron loss and an increase in astrocyte number and size but may also include enhanced blood–brain barrier permeability, the formation of new capillaries, axonal sprouting, and central inflammation. In animal models in which seizures are either repeatedly elicited or are self-generated, a similar set of neurodegenerative and pathological alterations in brain anatomy are observed. The primary causal agent responsible for these alterations may be the cascade of events that follow a seizure and lead to an hypoperfusion/hypoxic episode. While epilepsy has long and correctly been considered an electrical disorder, the vascular system likely plays an important causal role in the neurodegeneration and pathology that occur as a consequence of repeated seizures.
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Abbreviations
- GABA:
-
Gamma-amino-butyric acid
- HS:
-
Hippocampal sclerosis
- MFS:
-
Mossy fiber sprouting
- MRI:
-
Magnetic resonance imaging
- SE:
-
Status epilepticus
- TLE:
-
Temporal lobe epilepsy
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Farrell, J.S., Wolff, M.D., Teskey, G.C. (2017). Neurodegeneration and Pathology in Epilepsy: Clinical and Basic Perspectives. In: Beart, P., Robinson, M., Rattray, M., Maragakis, N. (eds) Neurodegenerative Diseases. Advances in Neurobiology, vol 15. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57193-5_12
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Online ISBN: 978-3-319-57193-5
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