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Interleukin‐1β contributes to the generation of experimental febrile seizures
27 Dec 2004
Abstract excerpt
Fever can provoke "febrile" seizures (FS). Because complex FS may promote development of temporal lobe epilepsy, understanding their mechanisms is clinically important. Using an immature rodent model and transgenic technology, we examined the role of interleukin-1beta, (IL-1beta), a pyrogenic, proinflammatory cytokine, in FS. IL-1beta receptor-deficient mice were resistant to experimental FS. This resistance...
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