Neurocysticercosis: A natural human model of epileptogenesis.

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE:To develop a better understanding of mechanisms of seizures and long-term epileptogenesis using neurocysticercosis. METHODS:A workshop was held bringing together experts in epilepsy and epileptogenesis and neurocysticercosis. RESULTS:Human neurocysticercosis and parallel animal models offer a unique opportunity to understand basic mechanisms of seizures. Inflammatory responses to degenerating forms and later-stage calcified parasite granulomas are associated with seizures and epilepsy. Other mechanisms may also be involved in epileptogenesis. SIGNIFICANCE:Naturally occurring brain infections with neurocysticercosis offer a unique opportunity to develop treatments for one of the world's most common causes of epilepsy and for the development of more general antiepileptogenic treatments. Key advantages stem from the time course in which an acute seizure heralds a start of the epileptogenic process, and radiographic changes of calcification and perilesional edema provide biomarkers of a chronic epileptic state.

journal_name

Epilepsia

journal_title

Epilepsia

authors

Nash TE,Mahanty S,Loeb JA,Theodore WH,Friedman A,Sander JW,Singh G,Cavalheiro E,Del Brutto OH,Takayanagui OM,Fleury A,Verastegui M,Preux PM,Montano S,Pretell EJ,White AC Jr,Gonzales AE,Gilman RH,Garcia HH

doi

10.1111/epi.12849

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2015-02-01 00:00:00

pages

177-83

issue

2

eissn

0013-9580

issn

1528-1167

journal_volume

56

pub_type

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