Infections, inflammation and epilepsy

A Vezzani, RS Fujinami, HS White, PM Preux… - Acta …, 2016 - Springer
Epilepsy is the tendency to have unprovoked epileptic seizures. Anything causing structural
or functional derangement of brain physiology may lead to seizures, and different conditions …

Epileptogenesis

A Pitkänen, K Lukasiuk… - Cold Spring …, 2015 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Epileptogenesis is a chronic process that can be triggered by genetic or acquired factors,
and that can continue long after epilepsy diagnosis. In 2015, epileptogenesis is not a …

Epilepsy, antiepileptic drugs, and aggression: an evidence-based review

MJ Brodie, F Besag, AB Ettinger, M Mula, G Gobbi… - Pharmacological …, 2016 - ASPET
Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) have many benefits but also many side effects, including
aggression, agitation, and irritability, in some patients with epilepsy. This article offers a …

[HTML][HTML] Inflammatory and immune mechanisms underlying epileptogenesis and epilepsy: From pathogenesis to treatment target

I Mukhtar - Seizure, 2020 - Elsevier
Epilepsy is a brain disease associated with epileptic seizures as well as with
neurobehavioral outcomes of this condition. In the last century, inflammation emerged as a …

Epigenetics in epilepsy

K Kobow, I Blümcke - Neuroscience letters, 2018 - Elsevier
Approximately 50 million people have epilepsy, making it the most common chronic and
severe neurological disease worldwide, with increased risk of mortality and psychological …

[HTML][HTML] Etiology matters–genomic DNA methylation patterns in three rat models of acquired epilepsy

KJ Dębski, A Pitkanen, N Puhakka, AM Bot, I Khurana… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
This study tested the hypothesis that acquired epileptogenesis is accompanied by DNA
methylation changes independent of etiology. We investigated DNA methylation and gene …

Epigenetic interventions for epileptogenesis: a new frontier for curing epilepsy

I Younus, DS Reddy - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2017 - Elsevier
This article highlights the emerging therapeutic potential of specific epigenetic modulators
as promising antiepileptogenic or disease-modifying agents for curing epilepsy. Currently …

Epigenetics and epilepsy prevention: The therapeutic potential of adenosine and metabolic therapies

D Boison, JM Rho - Neuropharmacology, 2020 - Elsevier
Prevention of epilepsy and its progression remains the most urgent need for epilepsy
research and therapy development. Novel conceptual advances are required to …

The circadian dynamics of the hippocampal transcriptome and proteome is altered in experimental temporal lobe epilepsy

KJ Debski, N Ceglia, A Ghestem, AI Ivanov… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Gene and protein expressions display circadian oscillations, which can be disrupted in
diseases in most body organs. Whether these oscillations occur in the healthy hippocampus …

Anti-inflammatory drugs in epilepsy: does it impact epileptogenesis?

A Vezzani - Expert opinion on drug safety, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: In the epilepsy therapeutic arena, there is urgent need for developing novel
antiepileptogenesis treatments that offer a way to prevent the onset or the progression of the …