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Blood‐brain barrier studies with special reference to epileptic seizures
Author(s) -
Bolwig Tom G.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1988.tb08562.x
Subject(s) - epilepsy , blood–brain barrier , medicine , neuroscience , psychiatry , psychology , central nervous system
A review is given of the structure and function of the blood‐brain barier (BBB) with special reference to the situation during and after epileptic seizures including electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Based on the literature describing different models of epilepsy the development of the theories concerning the early observations of a BBB dysfunction in connection with seizure activity is given, and gross morphology, ultrastructural and dynamic findings are briefly reviewed.