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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Neurol. 2014 May 28;75(6):864–875. doi: 10.1002/ana.24147

Figure 6.

Figure 6

A schematic diagram illustrating that under dysfunctional BBB the extravasation of albumin into the brain’s extracellular space leads to its interaction with astrocytic TGF-βRs, activation of TGF-β signaling and secretion of TGF-β1, followed by neuronal hyperexcitability and un-provoked epileptic seizures.