Paolo Mainardi, Paolo Carta, Pasquale Striano, Michele Mainardi and Massimo Montinari
Recent studies put in evidence the role of brain inflammation in the pathogenetic mechanisms of seizures. It has
been reported that an intestinal inflammation may be able to migrate to the brain, thus an intestinal inflammation
could be the original cause of epilepsy, as osteopaths believed in the ‘20s. We attempted to demonstrate the role of
gut-brain axis in epilepsy on the basis of recent acquisitions.