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 …

Evidence supporting deep brain stimulation of the medial septum in the treatment of temporal lobe epilepsy

ER Cole, DP Grogan, NG Laxpati, AM Fernandez… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Electrical brain stimulation has become an essential treatment option for more than one third
of epilepsy patients who are resistant to pharmacological therapy and are not candidates for …

High-frequency stimulation of anterior nucleus of thalamus desynchronizes epileptic network in humans

T Yu, X Wang, Y Li, G Zhang, G Worrell, P Chauvel… - Brain, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Epilepsy has been classically seen as a brain disorder resulting from abnormally enhanced
neuronal excitability and synchronization. Although it has been described since antiquity …

[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 …

[PDF][PDF] Depolarized GABAergic signaling in subicular microcircuits mediates generalized seizure in temporal lobe epilepsy

Y Wang, C Xu, Z Xu, C Ji, J Liang, Y Wang, B Chen… - Neuron, 2017 - cell.com
Secondary generalized seizure (sGS) is a major source of disability in temporal lobe
epilepsy (TLE) with unclear cellular/circuit mechanisms. Here we found that clinical TLE …

[HTML][HTML] Deep brain stimulation in epilepsy: a role for modulation of the mammillothalamic tract in seizure control?

FL Schaper, BR Plantinga, AJ Colon, GL Wagner… - …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND Deep brain stimulation of the anterior nucleus of the thalamus (ANT-DBS)
can improve seizure control for patients with drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE). Yet, one cannot …

Therapeutic potential of an anti-high mobility group box-1 monoclonal antibody in epilepsy

J Zhao, Y Wang, C Xu, K Liu, Y Wang, L Chen… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Brain inflammation is a major factor in epilepsy, and the high mobility group box-1 (HMGB1)
protein is known to contribute significantly to the generation of seizures. Here, we …

Closed-loop stimulation of the medial septum terminates epileptic seizures

Y Takeuchi, M Harangozó, L Pedraza, T Földi, G Kozák… - Brain, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Temporal lobe epilepsy with distributed hippocampal seizure foci is often intractable and its
secondary generalization might lead to sudden death. Early termination through spatially …

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 …

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 …