Why won't it stop? The dynamics of benzodiazepine resistance in status epilepticus

RJ Burman, RE Rosch, JM Wilmshurst, A Sen… - Nature reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Status epilepticus is a life-threatening neurological emergency that affects both adults and
children. Approximately 36% of episodes of status epilepticus do not respond to the current …

The pilocarpine model of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: Over one decade later, with more rodent species and new investigative approaches

M Lévesque, G Biagini, M de Curtis… - Neuroscience & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Fundamental work on the mechanisms leading to focal epileptic discharges in mesial
temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) often rests on the use of rodent models in which an initial …

On-demand cell-autonomous gene therapy for brain circuit disorders

Y Qiu, N O'Neill, B Maffei, C Zourray… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Several neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders are characterized by
intermittent episodes of pathological activity. Although genetic therapies offer the ability to …

The multifaceted roles of KCC2 in cortical development

MA Virtanen, P Uvarov, M Mavrovic, JC Poncer… - Trends in …, 2021 - cell.com
KCC2, best known as the neuron-specific chloride-extruder that sets the strength and
polarity of GABAergic currents during neuronal maturation, is a multifunctional molecule that …

Artifact‐free 2D mapping of neural activity in vivo through transparent gold nanonetwork array

JW Seo, K Kim, KW Seo, MK Kim… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
With the rapid increase in the use of optogenetics to investigate the nervous system, there is
a high demand for a neural interface that enables 2D mapping of electrophysiological neural …

Optogenetic and chemogenetic therapies for epilepsy

MC Walker, DM Kullmann - Neuropharmacology, 2020 - Elsevier
Drug-resistant epilepsy remains a significant health-care burden. The most effective
treatment is surgery, but this is suitable for very few patients because of the unacceptable …

GABAergic interneurons in seizures: investigating causality with optogenetics

V Magloire, MS Mercier, DM Kullmann… - The …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Seizures are complex pathological network events characterized by excessive and
hypersynchronized activity of neurons, including a highly diverse population of GABAergic …

Disrupting epileptiform activity by preventing parvalbumin interneuron depolarization block

A Călin, AS Ilie, CJ Akerman - Journal of Neuroscience, 2021 - Soc Neuroscience
Inhibitory synaptic mechanisms oppose epileptic network activity in the brain. The
breakdown in this inhibitory restraint and propagation of seizure activity has been linked to …

In vivo CRISPRa decreases seizures and rescues cognitive deficits in a rodent model of epilepsy

G Colasante, Y Qiu, L Massimino, C Di Berardino… - Brain, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Epilepsy is a major health burden, calling for new mechanistic insights and therapies.
CRISPR-mediated gene editing shows promise to cure genetic pathologies, although …

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 …