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] Deep brain stimulation for epilepsy: animal models

KD Graber, RS Fisher - 2012 - europepmc.org
Electrical stimulation of anterior nucleus of thalamus was effective for refractory focal
epilepsy in a clinical trial. The basic mechanisms of brain stimulation are understudied; …

Low frequency stimulation of ventral hippocampal commissures reduces seizures in a rat model of chronic temporal lobe epilepsy

S Rashid, G Pho, M Czigler, MA Werz, DM Durand - Epilepsia, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To investigate the effects of low frequency stimulation (LFS) of a fiber tract for the
suppression of spontaneous seizures in a rat model of human temporal lobe epilepsy …

[HTML][HTML] Transient increase of interleukin-1β after prolonged febrile seizures promotes adult epileptogenesis through long-lasting upregulating endocannabinoid …

B Feng, Y Tang, B Chen, C Xu, Y Wang, Y Dai, D Wu… - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
It remains unclear how infantile febrile seizures (FS) enhance adult seizure susceptibility.
Here we showed that the transient increase of interleukin-1β (IL-1β) after prolonged FS …

Seizure reduction through interneuron-mediated entrainment using low frequency optical stimulation

TP Ladas, CC Chiang, LE Gonzalez-Reyes… - Experimental …, 2015 - Elsevier
Low frequency electrical stimulation (LFS) can reduce neural excitability and suppress
seizures in animals and patients with epilepsy. However the therapeutic outcome could …

[HTML][HTML] Electroresponsive nanoparticles improve antiseizure effect of phenytoin in generalized tonic-clonic seizures

Y Wang, X Ying, L Chen, Y Liu, Y Wang, J Liang, C Xu… - …, 2016 - Elsevier
Previously, we developed electroresponsive hydrogel nanoparticles (ERHNPs) modified
with angiopep-2 (ANG) to facilitate the delivery of the antiseizure drug phenytoin sodium …

Wide therapeutic time-window of low-frequency stimulation at the subiculum for temporal lobe epilepsy treatment in rats

K Zhong, DC Wu, MM Jin, ZH Xu, Y Wang… - Neurobiology of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Low-frequency stimulation (LFS) has been considered as an option for the treatment of
intractable epilepsy. However, previous data showed that LFS of certain brain regions only …

Low-frequency stimulation in anterior nucleus of thalamus alleviates kainate-induced chronic epilepsy and modulates the hippocampal EEG rhythm

YI Wang, J Liang, C Xu, Y Wang, Y Kuang, Z Xu… - Experimental …, 2016 - Elsevier
High-frequency stimulation (HFS) of the anterior nucleus of thalamus (ANT) is a new and
alternative option for the treatment of intractable epilepsy. However, the responder rate is …

[HTML][HTML] Entorhinal principal neurons mediate brain-stimulation treatments for epilepsy

Z Xu, YI Wang, B Chen, C Xu, X Wu, Y Wang… - …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Brain stimulation is an alternative treatment for epilepsy. However, the neuronal circuits
underlying its mechanisms remain obscure. We found that optogenetic activation (1Hz) of …

Cloud computing for seizure detection in implanted neural devices

S Baldassano, X Zhao, B Brinkmann… - Journal of neural …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Closed-loop implantable neural stimulators are an exciting treatment option for
patients with medically refractory epilepsy, with a number of new devices in or nearing …