J Clin Neurol.
2024 Mar;20(2):131-139. 10.3988/jcn.2023.0308.
Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis and Epilepsy
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- 1Department of Pediatrics, Shaoxing Peoples’ Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shaoxing University, Shaoxing, China
- 2Department of Pediatrics, Yiwu Central Hospital, Yiwu, China
- 3Department of Pediatrics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, China
- KMID: 2553495
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3988/jcn.2023.0308
Abstract
- Epilepsy is a recurrent, transient seizure disorder of the nervous system that affects the intellectual development, life and work, and psychological health of patients. People with epilepsy worldwide experience great suffering. Stressful stimuli such as infection, mental stress, and sleep deprivation are important triggers of epilepsy, and chronic stressful stimuli can lead to frequent seizures and comorbidities. The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is the most important system involved in the body’s stress response, and dysfunction thereof is thought to be associated with core epilepsy symptoms and related psychopathology. This article explores the intrinsic relationships of corticotropin-releasing hormone, adrenocorticotropic hormone, and glucocorticoids with epilepsy in order to reveal the role of the HPA axis in the pathogenesis of epilepsy. We hope that this information will yield future possible directions and ideas for fully understanding the pathogenesis of epilepsy and developing antiepileptic drugs.
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