The metabolic basis of epilepsy

JM Rho, D Boison - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2022 - nature.com
The brain is a highly energy-demanding organ and requires bioenergetic adaptability to
balance normal activity with pathophysiological fuelling of spontaneous recurrent seizures …

Multi-omics integration and epilepsy: towards a better understanding of biological mechanisms

D Chong, NC Jones, RB Schittenhelm… - Progress in …, 2023 - Elsevier
The epilepsies are a group of complex neurological disorders characterised by recurrent
seizures. Approximately 30% of patients fail to respond to anti-seizure medications, despite …

Multiomic analyses implicate a neurodevelopmental program in the pathogenesis of cerebral arachnoid cysts

AJ Kundishora, G Allington, S McGee, KY Mekbib… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Cerebral arachnoid cysts (ACs) are one of the most common and poorly understood types of
developmental brain lesion. To begin to elucidate AC pathogenesis, we performed an …

6-Gingerol, a Major Constituent of Zingiber officinale Rhizoma, Exerts Anticonvulsant Activity in the Pentylenetetrazole-Induced Seizure Model in Larval Zebrafish

K Gawel, W Kukula-Koch, NS Banono… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Zingiber officinale is one of the most frequently used medicinal herbs in Asia. Using rodent
seizure models, it was previously shown that Zingiber officinale hydroethanolic extract exerts …

Voltage gated sodium channel genes in epilepsy: mutations, functional studies, and treatment dimensions

IA Ademuwagun, SO Rotimi, S Syrbe… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Genetic epilepsy occurs as a result of mutations in either a single gene or an interplay of
different genes. These mutations have been detected in ion channel and non-ion channel …

Gut bacterial dysbiosis in children with intractable epilepsy

K Lee, N Kim, JO Shim, GH Kim - Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2020 - mdpi.com
A few published clinical studies have evaluated the association between gut microbiota in
intractable epilepsy, but with inconsistent results. We hypothesized that the factors …

Contribution of non-selective membrane channels and receptors in epilepsy

C García-Rodríguez, ID Bravo-Tobar, Y Duarte… - Pharmacology & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Overcoming refractory epilepsy's resistance to the combination of antiepileptic drugs (AED),
mitigating side effects, and preventing sudden unexpected death in epilepsy are critical …

Epigenetics and epilepsy prevention: The therapeutic potential of adenosine and metabolic therapies

D Boison, JM Rho - Neuropharmacology, 2020 - Elsevier
Prevention of epilepsy and its progression remains the most urgent need for epilepsy
research and therapy development. Novel conceptual advances are required to …

[HTML][HTML] Epilepsy and cognitive impairment in childhood and adolescence: a mini-review

FF Operto, GMG Pastorino, A Viggiano… - Current …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Managing epilepsy in people with an intellectual disability remains a therapeutic challenge
and must take into account additional issues such as diagnostic difficulties and frequent …

Asiatic acid and maslinic acid attenuated kainic acid-induced seizure through decreasing hippocampal inflammatory and oxidative stress

Z Wang, M Mong, Y Yang, M Yin - Epilepsy research, 2018 - Elsevier
Seizure is a neurological disorder including hippocampal oxidative and inflammatory stress,
and glutamate toxicity. Thus, any agent (s) that mitigate (s) these events in hippocampus …