The central nervous system is not immunoprivileged: inflammation and epileptogenesis

Dragan Hrnčić; Nikola Šutulović; Željko Grubač; Aleksandra Rašić - Marković; Olivera Stanojlović

doi:10.2298/VSP160920392H

Dragan Hrnčić University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical Physiology “Richard Burian”, Laboratory of Neurophysiology, Belgrade, Serbia
Nikola Šutulović University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical Physiology “Richard Burian”, Laboratory of Neurophysiology, Belgrade, Serbia
Željko Grubač University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical Physiology “Richard Burian”, Laboratory of Neurophysiology, Belgrade, Serbia
Aleksandra Rašić - Marković University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical Physiology “Richard Burian”, Laboratory of Neurophysiology, Belgrade, Serbia
Olivera Stanojlović University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical Physiology “Richard Burian”, Laboratory of Neurophysiology, Belgrade, Serbia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2298/VSP160920392H

Keywords: central nervous system;, epilepsy;, inflammation;, oxidative stress.

Author Biographies

Dragan Hrnčić, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical Physiology “Richard Burian”, Laboratory of Neurophysiology, Belgrade, Serbia

Assistant Professor, MD, PhD

Olivera Stanojlović, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical Physiology “Richard Burian”, Laboratory of Neurophysiology, Belgrade, Serbia

Full Professor, Principal Investigator and Head

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