Therapeutic strategies to ameliorate neuronal damage in epilepsy by regulating oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, and neuroinflammation

S Madireddy, S Madireddy - Brain sciences, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Epilepsy is a central nervous system disorder involving spontaneous and recurring seizures
that affects 50 million individuals globally. Because approximately one-third of patients with …

Pathophysiogenesis of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: is prevention of damage antiepileptogenic?

G Curia, C Lucchi, J Vinet, F Gualtieri… - Current medicinal …, 2014‏ - ingentaconnect.com
Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is frequently associated with hippocampal sclerosis, possibly
caused by a primary brain injury that occurred a long time before the appearance of …

Hilar mossy cells of the dentate gyrus: a historical perspective

HE Scharfman, CE Myers - Frontiers in neural circuits, 2013‏ - frontiersin.org
The circuitry of the dentate gyrus (DG) of the hippocampus is unique compared to other
hippocampal subfields because there are two glutamatergic principal cells instead of one …

Loss of hippocampal interneurons and epileptogenesis: a comparison of two animal models of acquired epilepsy

N Huusko, C Römer, XE Ndode-Ekane… - Brain Structure and …, 2015‏ - Springer
Reduced hippocampal GABAergic inhibition is acknowledged to be associated with
epilepsy. However, there are no studies that had quantitatively compared the loss of various …

Ablation of cyclooxygenase-2 in forebrain neurons is neuroprotective and dampens brain inflammation after status epilepticus

GE Serrano, N Lelutiu, A Rojas, S Cochi… - Journal of …, 2011‏ - jneurosci.org
Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), a source of inflammatory mediators and a multifunctional
neuronal modulator, is rapidly induced in select populations of cortical neurons after status …

GABAergic interneurons in epilepsy: More than a simple change in inhibition

JR Marafiga, MV Pasquetti, ME Calcagnotto - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The pathophysiology of epilepsy has been historically grounded on hyperexcitability
attributed to the oversimplified imbalance between excitation (E) and inhibition (I) in the …

Neuropeptides as targets for the development of anticonvulsant drugs

E Clynen, A Swijsen, M Raijmakers, G Hoogland… - Molecular …, 2014‏ - Springer
Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder characterized by recurrent seizures. These
seizures are due to abnormal excessive and synchronous neuronal activity in the brain …

Hilar interneuron vulnerability distinguishes aged rats with memory impairment

AM Spiegel, MT Koh, NM Vogt… - Journal of …, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
Hippocampal interneuron populations are reportedly vulnerable to normal aging. The
relationship between interneuron network integrity and age‐related memory impairment …

Localized delivery of fibroblast growth factor–2 and brain-derived neurotrophic factor reduces spontaneous seizures in an epilepsy model

B Paradiso, P Marconi, S Zucchini, E Berto… - Proceedings of the …, 2009‏ - pnas.org
A loss of neurons is observed in the hippocampus of many patients with epilepsies of
temporal lobe origin. It has been hypothesized that damage limitation or repair, for example …

Surviving hilar somatostatin interneurons enlarge, sprout axons, and form new synapses with granule cells in a mouse model of temporal lobe epilepsy

W Zhang, R Yamawaki, X Wen, J Uhl, J Diaz… - Journal of …, 2009‏ - jneurosci.org
In temporal lobe epilepsy, seizures initiate in or near the hippocampus, which frequently
displays loss of neurons, including inhibitory interneurons. It is unclear whether surviving …