The pilocarpine model of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: Over one decade later, with more rodent species and new investigative approaches

M Lévesque, G Biagini, M de Curtis… - Neuroscience & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Fundamental work on the mechanisms leading to focal epileptic discharges in mesial
temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) often rests on the use of rodent models in which an initial …

Slide-tags enables single-nucleus barcoding for multimodal spatial genomics

AJC Russell, JA Weir, NM Nadaf, M Shabet, V Kumar… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Recent technological innovations have enabled the high-throughput quantification of gene
expression and epigenetic regulation within individual cells, transforming our understanding …

Arc protein, a remnant of ancient retrovirus, forms virus-like particles, which are abundantly generated by neurons during epileptic seizures, and affects epileptic …

DA Sibarov, V Tsytsarev, A Volnova… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
A product of the immediate early gene Arc (Activity-regulated cytoskeleton-associated
protein or Arc protein) of retroviral ancestry resides in the genome of all tetrapods for millions …

KCNQ2/3 gain-of-function variants and cell excitability: differential effects in CA1 versus L2/3 pyramidal neurons

N Varghese, B Moscoso, A Chavez… - Journal of …, 2023 - Soc Neuroscience
Gain-of-function (GOF) pathogenic variants in the potassium channels KCNQ2 and KCNQ3
lead to hyperexcitability disorders such as epilepsy and autism spectrum disorders …

Machine learning identifies experimental brain metastasis subtypes based on their influence on neural circuits

A Sanchez-Aguilera, M Masmudi-Martín, A Navas-Olive… - Cancer Cell, 2023 - cell.com
A high percentage of patients with brain metastases frequently develop neurocognitive
symptoms; however, understanding how brain metastasis co-opts the function of neuronal …

Single-nucleus transcriptomic mapping of blast-induced traumatic brain injury in mice hippocampus

L Zhang, Q Yang, R Yuan, M Li, M Lv, L Zhang, X Xie… - Scientific Data, 2023 - nature.com
As a significant type of traumatic brain injury (TBI), blast-induced traumatic brain injury (bTBI)
frequently results in severe neurological and psychological impairments. Due to its unique …

The microRNA-211-5p/P2RX7/ERK/GPX4 axis regulates epilepsy-associated neuronal ferroptosis and oxidative stress

X Li, P Quan, Y Si, F Liu, Y Fan, F Ding, L Sun… - Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Ferroptosis is an iron-dependent cell death mechanism involving the accumulation of lipid
peroxides. As a critical regulator, glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4) has been demonstrated …

Can glial cells save neurons in epilepsy?

W Shen, JB Pristov, P Nobili… - Neural Regeneration …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Epilepsy is a neurological disorder caused by the pathological hyper-synchronization of
neuronal discharges. The fundamental research of epilepsy mechanisms and the targets of …

Single-cell spatial proteomic imaging for human neuropathology

K Vijayaragavan, BJ Cannon, D Tebaykin… - Acta Neuropathologica …, 2022 - Springer
Neurodegenerative disorders are characterized by phenotypic changes and hallmark
proteopathies. Quantifying these in archival human brain tissues remains indispensable for …

Highly dynamic inflammatory and excitability transcriptional profiles in hippocampal CA1 following status epilepticus

DS Galvis-Montes, KMJ van Loo… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Transient brain insults including status epilepticus (SE) can initiate a process termed
'epileptogenesis' that results in chronic temporal lobe epilepsy. As a consequence, the entire …