Elevated Serum Cortisol Levels in Patients with Focal Epilepsy, Depression, and Comorbid Epilepsy and Depression.

Tatyana A DruzhkovaAlexander A YakovlevFlora K RiderMikhail S ZinchukAlla B GuekhtNatalia V Gulyaeva

Published in: International journal of molecular sciences (2022)

The results confirm the involvement of HPA axis and inflammatory processes in pathogenesis of epilepsy and depression and provide new insights in mechanisms of epilepsy and depression comorbidity.

Keyphrases

depressive symptoms
sleep quality
temporal lobe epilepsy