REPORT FROM THE AMERICAN EPILEPSY SOCIETY 65TH ANNUAL MEETING, BALTIMORE, MD, DECEMBER 2-6, 2011 – Animals studies have suggested that inflammation is a pathogenic factor in epilepsy, notably through the induction of caspase-1 and interleukin(IL)-1beta (Maroso et al. Neurotherapeutics 2011; 8: 304-315).