Interleukin‐1β and the interleukin‐1 receptor antagonist act in the striatum to modify excitotoxic brain damage in the rat

Abstract
The cytokine interleukin‐1 (IL‐1) has been implicated in ischaemic, traumatic and excitotoxic brain damage. The results presented here reveal novel actions of IL‐1 in the striatum which markedly exac...