Blood-brain barrier leakage may lead to progression of temporal lobe epilepsy

A. van Vliet, Erwin; da Costa Araújo, S.; Redeker, Sandra; van Schaik, R.; Aronica, Eleonora; A. Gorter, Jan

doi:10.1093/brain/awl318

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Blood-brain barrier leakage may lead to progression of temporal lobe epilepsy

Published in Brain • Nov 23, 2006

Authors:

Erwin A. van Vliet

S. da Costa Araújo

Sandra Redeker

Abstract

Leakage of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) is associated with various neurological disorders, including temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). However, it is not known whether alterations of the BBB occur during epileptogenesis and whether this can affect progression of epilepsy. We used both human and rat epi...

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Epileptogenesis

Epilepsy

Status epilepticus

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