Epilepsy comorbidities: How can animal models help?

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Abstract

An epilepsy comorbidity is a condition or disorder that occurs at a frequency greater than chance in a person with epilepsy. Examples of common epilepsy comorbidities are depression, anxiety, and intellectual disability. Epilepsy comorbidities can be quite disabling, sometimes affecting a patient's quality of life to a greater extent than seizures. Animal models offer the opportunity to explore shared pathophysiological mechanisms, therapeutic options, and consequences of both the epilepsy syndrome and a given comorbidity. In this chapter, depression is used as an example of how animal models can inform translational questions about epilepsy comorbidities.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationIssues in Clinical Epileptology
Subtitle of host publicationA View from the Bench
PublisherSpringer New York LLC
Pages273-281
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9789401789134
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameAdvances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
Volume813
ISSN (Print)0065-2598
ISSN (Electronic)2214-8019

Keywords

  • Animal models
  • Comorbidity
  • Depression
  • Epilepsy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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