Drug resistance in epilepsy: clinical impact, potential mechanisms, and new innovative treatment options

W Löscher, H Potschka, SM Sisodiya, A Vezzani - Pharmacological reviews, 2020 - ASPET
Epilepsy is a chronic neurologic disorder that affects over 70 million people worldwide.
Despite the availability of over 20 antiseizure drugs (ASDs) for symptomatic treatment of …

The neurobiology of antiepileptic drugs

MA Rogawski, W Löscher - Nature reviews neuroscience, 2004 - nature.com
Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) provide satisfactory control of seizures for most patients with
epilepsy. The drugs have the remarkable ability to protect against seizures while permitting …

Kindling and status epilepticus models of epilepsy: rewiring the brain

K Morimoto, M Fahnestock, RJ Racine - Progress in neurobiology, 2004 - Elsevier
This review focuses on the remodeling of brain circuitry associated with epilepsy, particularly
in excitatory glutamate and inhibitory GABA systems, including alterations in synaptic …

Drug resistance in epilepsy: putative neurobiologic and clinical mechanisms

D Schmidt, W Löscher - Epilepsia, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Drug‐resistant epilepsy with uncontrolled severe seizures despite state‐of‐the‐art medical
treatment continues to be a major clinical problem for up to one in three patients with …

Molecular and cellular mechanisms of pharmacoresistance in epilepsy

S Remy, H Beck - Brain, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Epilepsy is a common and devastating neurological disorder. In many patients with epilepsy,
seizures are well-controlled with currently available anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs), but a …

Molecular and cellular basis of epileptogenesis in symptomatic epilepsy

A Pitkänen, K Lukasiuk - Epilepsy & behavior, 2009 - Elsevier
Epileptogenesis refers to a process in which an initial brain-damaging insult triggers a
cascade of molecular and cellular changes that eventually lead to the occurrence of …

Animal models of acquired epilepsy: insights into mechanisms of human epileptogenesis

AJ Becker - Neuropathology and applied neurobiology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In many patients who suffer from epilepsies, recurrent epileptic seizures do not start at birth
but develop later in life. This holds particularly true for epilepsies with a focal seizure origin …

The neurobiology of antiepileptic drugs for the treatment of nonepileptic conditions

MA Rogawski, W Löscher - Nature medicine, 2004 - nature.com
Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) are commonly prescribed for nonepileptic conditions, including
migraine headache, chronic neuropathic pain, mood disorders, schizophrenia and various …

The blood–brain barrier and epilepsy

E Oby, D Janigro - Epilepsia, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
During the past several years, there has been increasing interest in the role of the blood–
brain barrier (BBB) in epilepsy. Advances in neuroradiology have enhanced our ability to …

Epileptogenesis in experimental models

A Pitkänen, I Kharatishvili, H Karhunen, K Lukasiuk… - …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Epileptogenesis refers to a phenomenon in which the brain undergoes molecular and
cellular alterations after a brain‐damaging insult, which increase its excitability and …