Inflammation and Epilepsy: New Vistas

237 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This book provides comprehensive information, both for clinicians and scientists, on the basic mechanisms, clinical features, and therapeutic approaches to epilepsy as an inflammatory disease. Inflammation has been for many years considered as an etiologic player (and a therapeutic target) for a specific group of epilepsies. However, it turns out that this concept underestimated the impact of inflammation in seizure disorders. Many accepted therapies for non-inflammatory epilepsies act in part as an inflammatory drug. The CNS actively responds to acute immune challenges by altering body temperature, stimulating the HPA axis, as well as up- and down-regulating specific sympathetic pathways.

• Reihe: Progress in Inflammation Research
• Themen: Medizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Krankheiten und Störungen Immunologie
• ISBN: 9783030674052
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 20.05.2022
• Größe: 23.5 x 15.5 cm
• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Herausgegeben von: Damir Janigro, Astrid Nehlig, Nicola Marchi