From the Ancient Diets to the Recent Acquisitions on the Role of Brain Inflammation in Epilepsy, Are there Any Links?

نویسندگان

  • Paolo Mainardi
  • Paolo Carta
  • Pasquale Striano
  • Michele Mainardi
  • Massimo Montinari
چکیده

Recent studies put in evidence the role of brain inflammation in the pathogenetic mechanisms of seizures. It has been reported that an intestinal inflammation may be able to migrate to the brain, thus an intestinal inflammation could be the original cause of epilepsy, as osteopaths believed in the ‘20s. We attempted to demonstrate the role of gut-brain axis in epilepsy on the basis of recent acquisitions.

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تاریخ انتشار 2015