Advances in epilepsy: mechanisms, clinical trials, and drug therapies

T Hu, J Zhang, J Wang, L Sha, Y Xia… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Epilepsy is a common disease of the nervous system characterized by transient brain
dysfunction caused by an abnormal electrical discharge from the brain neurons. The …

New advances in pharmacoresistant epilepsy towards precise management-from prognosis to treatments

C Xu, Y Gong, Y Wang, Z Chen - Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2022 - Elsevier
Epilepsy, one of the most severe neurological diseases, is characterized by abrupt recurrent
seizures. Despite great progress in the development of antiseizure drugs (ASDs) based on …

[HTML][HTML] Discrete subicular circuits control generalization of hippocampal seizures

F Fei, X Wang, C Xu, J Shi, Y Gong, H Cheng… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Epilepsy is considered a circuit-level dysfunction associated with imbalanced excitation-
inhibition, it is therapeutically necessary to identify key brain regions and related circuits in …

Nanoengineered on-demand drug delivery system improves efficacy of pharmacotherapy for epilepsy

D Wu, F Fei, Q Zhang, X Wang, Y Gong, X Chen… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Long-term pharmacotherapy, serving as the main therapeutic approach for epilepsy
prophylaxis, has suffered from limited efficacy and potential side effects because of the …

Cellphone remote intelligent neuroregulation with self-powered piezoelectric wireless brain probe

H Guan, Y Tang, Z Long, R Lin, S Liang, F Zhu… - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The neural regulation that is tele-controlled remotely by medical professionals or artificial
intelligence (AI) agents can meet the requirement of rapid, precise, personalized …

Subicular Caspase‐1 Contributes to Pharmacoresistance in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

C Xu, S Zhang, Y Gong, J Nao, Y Shen… - Annals of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Unidentified mechanisms largely restrict the viability of effective therapies in
pharmacoresistant epilepsy. Our previous study revealed that hyperactivity of the subiculum …

[HTML][HTML] Cholinergic signaling, neural excitability, and epilepsy

Y Wang, B Tan, Y Wang, Z Chen - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Epilepsy is a common brain disorder characterized by recurrent epileptic seizures with
neuronal hyperexcitability. Apart from the classical imbalance between excitatory …

[PDF][PDF] Interictal-period-activated neuronal ensemble in piriform cortex retards further seizure development

N Lai, H Cheng, Z Li, X Wang, Y Ruan, Y Qi, L Yang… - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
Epileptic networks are characterized as having two states, seizures or more prolonged
interictal periods. However, cellular mechanisms underlying the contribution of interictal …

[HTML][HTML] Optogenetics for controlling seizure circuits for translational approaches

M Ledri, M Andersson, J Wickham, M Kokaia - Neurobiology of Disease, 2023 - Elsevier
The advent of optogenetic tools has had a profound impact on modern neuroscience
research, revolutionizing our understanding of the brain. These tools offer a remarkable …

Deep brain stimulation in the medial septum attenuates temporal lobe epilepsy via entrainment of hippocampal theta rhythm

Y Wang, Y Shen, X Cai, J Yu, C Chen… - CNS neuroscience & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), often associated with cognitive impairment, is one of the
most common types of medically refractory epilepsy. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) shows …