Subicular pyramidal neurons gate drug resistance in temporal lobe epilepsy

C Xu, YI Wang, S Zhang, J Nao, Y Liu… - Annals of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Drug‐resistant epilepsy causes great clinical danger and still lacks effective
treatments. Methods Here, we used multifaceted approaches combining electrophysiology …

[HTML][HTML] Homeostasis or channelopathy? Acquired cell type-specific ion channel changes in temporal lobe epilepsy and their antiepileptic potential

J Wolfart, D Laker - Frontiers in physiology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Neurons continuously adapt the expression and functionality of their ion channels. For
example, exposed to chronic excitotoxicity, neurons homeostatically downscale their …

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 …

Resistance to phenobarbital extends to phenytoin in a rat model of temporal lobe epilepsy

K Bethmann, C Brandt, W Löscher - Epilepsia, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Most patients who are resistant to the first antiepileptic drug (AED) treatment are
also resistant to a treatment with a second or third AED, indicating that patients who have an …

Pharmaco-genetic therapeutics targeting parvalbumin neurons attenuate temporal lobe epilepsy

Y Wang, J Liang, L Chen, Y Shen, J Zhao, C Xu… - Neurobiology of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is the most common type of epilepsy and is often medically
refractory. Previous studies suggest that selective pharmaco-genetic inhibition of pyramidal …

[HTML][HTML] Not part of the temporal lobe, but still of importance? Substantia nigra and subthalamic nucleus in epilepsy

S Bröer - Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The most researched brain region in epilepsy research is the temporal lobe, and more
specifically, the hippocampus. However, numerous other brain regions play a pivotal role in …

Low-frequency stimulation at the subiculum is anti-convulsant and anti-drug-resistant in a mouse model of lamotrigine-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy

Y Ruan, C Xu, J Lan, J Nao, S Zhang, F Fan… - Neuroscience …, 2020 - Springer
Epilepsy is a common neurological disease. About 30% of epileptic patients develop
resistance to antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), and are considered to have refractory or …

Drug-resistant epilepsy—time to target mechanisms

H Lerche - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2020 - nature.com
Despite the development of many new anti-seizure drugs over the past two decades, around
one-third of individuals with epilepsy are without effective treatment. This …

A novel mechanism underlying drug resistance in chronic epilepsy

S Remy, S Gabriel, BW Urban… - Annals of Neurology …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
The development of resistance to pharmacological treatment is common to many human
diseases. In chronic epilepsy, many patients develop resistance to anticonvulsant drug …

[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 …