Does leakage of the blood-brain barrier mediate epileptogenesis?

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Damir Janigro. Epilepsy Curr. 2007 Jul-Aug.

. 2007 Jul-Aug;7(4):105-7.

doi: 10.1111/j.1535-7511.2007.00190.x.

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TGF-beta receptor-mediated albumin uptake into astrocytes is involved in neocortical epileptogenesis.
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Blood-brain barrier leakage may lead to progression of temporal lobe epilepsy.
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