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. 2010 Jan 29;7:9. doi: 10.1186/1742-2094-7-9

Table 1.

Representative neurophisiological and neurophatological conditions involving IL-18

Condition Species Citation
Behavior

Sleep Rat/Rabbit [72]
Fever Mouse [73,162]
Feeding Mouse [10,11]
Learning and memory Mouse [77]
Rat [48,74,75]
Human [108,111,163]

Stress and HPA axis

Rat [56,57,81]
Rat/Mouse [62]
Holstein cattle [80]
Pig [54,55]
Human [136]

Neuroinflammation

Brain injury
 Hypoxia-ischemia Mouse [67,84,164-167]
Rat [67,168]
 Thromboembolic stroke Mouse [83]
 Spinal cord injury Rat [87]
 Focal brain ischemia Rat [86]
 Stroke Mouse [59,85]
Human [169]
Nerve injury Rat [47]

Viral infection Chicken [170]
Human [59,171]

Autoimmune neurodegenerative disease

Multiple Sclerosis Human [95-99,101]
EAE Mouse [91,93,100]
Rat [89,90,92,94]

Neurodegenerative disease

Alzheimer's disease Human [50,106-109,111-114]
Parkinson's disease Mouse [117]

Neuropsychiatric disorders

Depression Rat [133]
Human [136,137,139]
Schizophrenia Human [134,135]

Other central actions

Excitotoxic damage
 Ataxia Mouse [53]
 Neurodegeneration Mouse [150]
Glioma Rat [156,157]
Mouse [152-155]