Single-target versus multi-target drugs versus combinations of drugs with multiple targets: preclinical and clinical evidence for the treatment or prevention of epilepsy

W Löscher - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Rationally designed multi-target drugs (also termed multimodal drugs, network therapeutics,
or designed multiple ligands) have emerged as an attractive drug discovery paradigm in the …

The holy grail of epilepsy prevention: Preclinical approaches to antiepileptogenic treatments

W Löscher - Neuropharmacology, 2020 - Elsevier
A variety of acute brain insults can induce epileptogenesis, a complex process that results in
acquired epilepsy. Despite advances in understanding mechanisms of epileptogenesis …

Repurposed molecules for antiepileptogenesis: Missing an opportunity to prevent epilepsy?

P Klein, A Friedman, MQ Hameed, RM Kaminski… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Prevention of epilepsy is a great unmet need. Acute central nervous system (CNS) insults
such as traumatic brain injury (TBI), cerebrovascular accidents (CVA), and CNS infections …

Human pallial MGE-type GABAergic interneuron cell therapy for chronic focal epilepsy

M Bershteyn, S Bröer, M Parekh, Y Maury, S Havlicek… - Cell Stem Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) is the most common focal epilepsy. One-third of
patients have drug-refractory seizures and are left with suboptimal therapeutic options such …

New approaches for developing multi-targeted drug combinations for disease modification of complex brain disorders. Does epilepsy prevention become a realistic …

W Löscher, P Klein - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2022 - Elsevier
Over decades, the prevailing standard in drug discovery was the concept of designing highly
selective compounds that act on individual drug targets. However, more recently, multi-target …

Targeting NMDA receptor complex in management of epilepsy

S Sivakumar, M Ghasemi, SC Schachter - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) are widely distributed in the central nervous
system (CNS) and play critical roles in neuronal excitability in the CNS. Both clinical and …

Neuroprotective role of apocynin against pentylenetetrazole kindling epilepsy and associated comorbidities in mice by suppression of ROS/RNS

G Jaiswal, P Kumar - Behavioural Brain Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Epilepsy is a neurological disease that transpires due to the unusual synchronized neuronal
discharge within the central nervous system, which drives repetitious unprovoked seizures …

Polysialic acid and Siglec-E orchestrate negative feedback regulation of microglia activation

H Thiesler, J Beimdiek, H Hildebrandt - Cellular and Molecular Life …, 2021 - Springer
Polysialic acid (polySia) emerges as a novel regulator of microglia activity. We recently
identified polysialylated proteins in the Golgi compartment of murine microglia that are …

Targeting the mouse ventral hippocampus in the intrahippocampal kainic acid model of temporal lobe epilepsy

Z Zeidler, M Brandt-Fontaine, C Leintz… - eneuro, 2018 - eneuro.org
Here we describe a novel mouse model of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) that moves the site
of kainate injection from the rodent dorsal hippocampus (corresponding to the human …

[HTML][HTML] Role of cerebral glutamate in post-stroke epileptogenesis

JP Nicolo, TJ O'Brien, P Kwan - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2019 - Elsevier
Stroke is one of the most important causes of acquired epilepsy in the adult population.
While factors such as cortical involvement and haemorrhage have been associated with …