An update for epilepsy research and antiepileptic drug development: Toward precise circuit therapy

Y Wang, Z Chen - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2019 - Elsevier
Epilepsy involves neuronal dysfunction at molecular, cellular, and circuit levels. The
understanding of the mechanism of the epilepsies has advanced greatly in the last three …

[HTML][HTML] And then there was light: perspectives of optogenetics for deep brain stimulation and neuromodulation

J Delbeke, L Hoffman, K Mols, D Braeken… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) has evolved into a well-accepted add-on treatment for
patients with severe Parkinsons disease as well as for other chronic neurological conditions …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] A disinhibitory nigra-parafascicular pathway amplifies seizure in temporal lobe epilepsy

B Chen, C Xu, Y Wang, W Lin, Y Wang, L Chen… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The precise circuit of the substantia nigra pars reticulata (SNr) involved in temporal lobe
epilepsy (TLE) is still unclear. Here we found that optogenetic or chemogenetic activation of …

Hippocampal low-frequency stimulation prevents seizure generation in a mouse model of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

E Paschen, C Elgueta, K Heining, DM Vieira, P Kleis… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) is the most common form of focal, pharmacoresistant
epilepsy in adults and is often associated with hippocampal sclerosis. Here, we established …

[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 …

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 …

Direct septum-hippocampus cholinergic circuit attenuates seizure through driving somatostatin inhibition

Y Wang, YI Wang, C Xu, S Wang, N Tan, C Chen… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Previous studies indicated the involvement of cholinergic neurons in seizure;
however, the specific role of the medial septum (MS)-hippocampus cholinergic circuit in …

[HTML][HTML] Optogenetics and its application in neural degeneration and regeneration

JD Ordaz, W Wu, XM Xu - Neural regeneration research, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Neural degeneration and regeneration are important topics in neurological diseases. There
are limited options for therapeutic interventions in neurological diseases that provide …

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 …