Why won't it stop? The dynamics of benzodiazepine resistance in status epilepticus

RJ Burman, RE Rosch, JM Wilmshurst, A Sen… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Status epilepticus is a life-threatening neurological emergency that affects both adults and
children. Approximately 36% of episodes of status epilepticus do not respond to the current …

GABAkines–Advances in the discovery, development, and commercialization of positive allosteric modulators of GABAA receptors

A Lippa, MM Poe, JL Smith, X Jin, X Ping… - Pharmacology & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Positive allosteric modulators of γ-aminobutyric acid-A (GABA A) receptors or GABAkines
have been widely used medicines for over 70 years for anxiety, epilepsy, sleep, and other …

New GABA-targeting therapies for the treatment of seizures and epilepsy: I. Role of GABA as a modulator of seizure activity and recently approved medications acting …

E Perucca, M Bialer, HS White - CNS drugs, 2023 - Springer
Abstract γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) is the most prevalent inhibitory neurotransmitter in the
mammalian brain and has been found to play an important role in the pathogenesis or the …

Clinical efficacy and safety of Zuranolone (SAGE-217) in individuals with major depressive disorder

S Meshkat, KM Teopiz, JD Di Vincenzo… - Journal of Affective …, 2023 - Elsevier
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common mental disorder with a high rate of morbidity
and mortality. Dysfunctional signaling of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) has been …

Intravenous ganaxolone for the treatment of refractory status epilepticus: results from an open‐label, dose‐finding, phase 2 trial

H Vaitkevicius, RE Ramsay, CB Swisher… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Patients with refractory status epilepticus (RSE) have failed treatment with
benzodiazepines and≥ 1 second‐line intravenous (IV) antiseizure medication (ASM) …

Genetic and molecular regulation of extrasynaptic GABA-A receptors in the brain: therapeutic insights for epilepsy

SH Chuang, DS Reddy - Journal of pharmacology and experimental …, 2018 - ASPET
GABA-A receptors play a pivotal role in many brain diseases. Epilepsy is caused by
acquired conditions and genetic defects in GABA receptor channels regulating neuronal …

2023 American Heart Association Focused Update on Adult Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support: An Update to the American Heart Association Guidelines for …

SM Perman, J Elmer, CB Maciel, A Uzendu, T May… - Circulation, 2024 - Am Heart Assoc
Cardiac arrest is common and deadly, affecting up to 700 000 people in the United States
annually. Advanced cardiac life support measures are commonly used to improve outcomes …

[HTML][HTML] Pathophysiology of convulsive status epilepticus

IS Fernández, HP Goodkin, RC Scott - Seizure, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose To summarize the pathophysiology of convulsive status epilepticus (SE) with a
focus on practical implications for treatment. Method Narrative review of the medical …

[HTML][HTML] Treatment of refractory and super-refractory status epilepticus

S Rai, FW Drislane - Neurotherapeutics, 2018 - Elsevier
Refractory and super-refractory status epilepticus (SE) are serious illnesses with a high risk
of morbidity and even fatality. In the setting of refractory generalized convulsive SE (GCSE) …

The imidazodiazepine, KRM-II-81: an example of a newly emerging generation of GABAkines for neurological and psychiatric disorders

JM Witkin, A Lippa, JL Smith, X Jin, X Ping… - Pharmacology …, 2022 - Elsevier
GABAkines, or positive allosteric modulators of γ-aminobutyric acid-A (GABA A) receptors,
are used for the treatment of anxiety, epilepsy, sleep, and other disorders. The search for …