Towards network-guided neuromodulation for epilepsy

RJ Piper, RM Richardson, G Worrell, DW Carmichael… - Brain, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Epilepsy is well-recognized as a disorder of brain networks. There is a growing body of
research to identify critical nodes within dynamic epileptic networks with the aim to target …

[HTML][HTML] Large-scale, closed-loop interrogation of neural circuits underlying cognition

D Khodagholy, JJ Ferrero, J Park, Z Zhao… - Trends in …, 2022 - cell.com
Cognitive functions are increasingly understood to involve coordinated activity patterns
between multiple brain regions, and their disruption by neuropsychiatric disorders is …

[PDF][PDF] Reinstating olfactory bulb-derived limbic gamma oscillations alleviates depression-like behavioral deficits in rodents

Q Li, Y Takeuchi, J Wang, L Gellért, L Barcsai… - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
Although the etiology of major depressive disorder remains poorly understood, reduced
gamma oscillations is an emerging biomarker. Olfactory bulbectomy, an established model …

[HTML][HTML] Deep brain stimulation creates informational lesion through membrane depolarization in mouse hippocampus

E Lowet, K Kondabolu, S Zhou, RA Mount… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a promising neuromodulation therapy, but the
neurophysiological mechanisms of DBS remain unclear. In awake mice, we performed high …

[HTML][HTML] Closed-loop direct control of seizure focus in a rodent model of temporal lobe epilepsy via localized electric fields applied sequentially

W Kang, C Ju, J Joo, J Lee, YM Shon… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Direct electrical stimulation of the seizure focus can achieve the early termination of epileptic
oscillations. However, direct intervention of the hippocampus, the most prevalent seizure …

Medial septal GABAergic neurons reduce seizure duration upon optogenetic closed-loop stimulation

K Hristova, C Martinez-Gonzalez, TC Watson… - Brain, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Seizures can emerge from multiple or large foci in temporal lobe epilepsy, complicating
focally targeted strategies such as surgical resection or the modulation of the activity of …

[HTML][HTML] The medial septum as a potential target for treating brain disorders associated with oscillopathies

Y Takeuchi, AJ Nagy, L Barcsai, Q Li… - Frontiers in Neural …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The medial septum (MS), as part of the basal forebrain, supports many physiological
functions, from sensorimotor integration to cognition. With often reciprocal connections with …

Stimulation to probe, excite, and inhibit the epileptic brain

B Frauscher, F Bartolomei, MO Baud, RJ Smith… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Direct cortical stimulation has been applied in epilepsy for nearly a century and has
experienced a renaissance, given unprecedented opportunities to probe, excite, and inhibit …

[HTML][HTML] Brain stimulation treatments in epilepsy: basic mechanisms and clinical advances

TJ Foutz, M Wong - biomedical journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Drug-resistant epilepsy, characterized by ongoing seizures despite appropriate trials of anti-
seizure medications, affects approximately one-third of people with epilepsy. Brain …

Evidence supporting deep brain stimulation of the medial septum in the treatment of temporal lobe epilepsy

ER Cole, DP Grogan, NG Laxpati, AM Fernandez… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Electrical brain stimulation has become an essential treatment option for more than one third
of epilepsy patients who are resistant to pharmacological therapy and are not candidates for …