Research status of intestinal flora and pathogenesis of epilepsy / 中华实用儿科临床杂志

ABSTRACT

Epilepsy is a chronic brain dysfunction caused by the excessive synchronous firing of neurons.It is one of the common nervous system diseases in children.Repeated epileptic seizures often lead to physiological and inte-llectual damage in children, seriously affecting children′s growth, development and health.Previous studies have shown that there are significant differences in intestinal flora between epileptic and normal children.Intestinal flora participate in the development of epilepsy through multiple pathways, including the immune system, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, neurotransmitters and vagus nerve.