Role of Astrocytes in Post-traumatic Epilepsy

Role of Astrocytes in Post-traumatic Epilepsy

Traumatic brain injury, a common cause of acquired epilepsy, is typical to find necrotic cell death within the injury core. The dynamic changes in astrocytes surrounding the injury core contribute to epileptic seizures associated with intense neuronal firing. However, little is known about the molec...

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Main Authors: Songbai Xu, Qihan Sun, Jie Fan, Yuanyuan Jiang, Wei Yang, Yifeng Cui, Zhenxiang Yu, Huiyi Jiang, Bingjin Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
traumatic brain injury
epilepsy
astrocytes
hyperexcitability
neuron
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2019.01149/full

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