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 the treatment of epilepsy: circuits, targets, and trials

NG Laxpati, WS Kasoff, RE Gross - Neurotherapeutics, 2014 - Elsevier
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has proven remarkably safe and effective in the treatment of
movement disorders. As a result, it is being increasingly applied to a range of neurologic …

Discrete subicular circuits control generalization of hippocampal seizures

F Fei, X Wang, C Xu, J Shi, Y Gong, H Cheng… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Epilepsy is considered a circuit-level dysfunction associated with imbalanced excitation-
inhibition, it is therapeutically necessary to identify key brain regions and related circuits in …

[PDF][PDF] Depolarized GABAergic signaling in subicular microcircuits mediates generalized seizure in temporal lobe epilepsy

Y Wang, C Xu, Z Xu, C Ji, J Liang, Y Wang, B Chen… - Neuron, 2017 - cell.com
Secondary generalized seizure (sGS) is a major source of disability in temporal lobe
epilepsy (TLE) with unclear cellular/circuit mechanisms. Here we found that clinical TLE …

New advances in pharmacoresistant epilepsy towards precise management-from prognosis to treatments

C Xu, Y Gong, Y Wang, Z Chen - Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2022 - Elsevier
Epilepsy, one of the most severe neurological diseases, is characterized by abrupt recurrent
seizures. Despite great progress in the development of antiseizure drugs (ASDs) based on …

Subicular Caspase‐1 Contributes to Pharmacoresistance in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

C Xu, S Zhang, Y Gong, J Nao, Y Shen… - Annals of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Unidentified mechanisms largely restrict the viability of effective therapies in
pharmacoresistant epilepsy. Our previous study revealed that hyperactivity of the subiculum …

On-demand low-frequency stimulation for seizure control: efficacy and behavioural implications

E Paschen, P Kleis, DM Vieira, K Heining, C Boehler… - Brain, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE), the most common form of focal epilepsy in adults, is
often refractory to medication and associated with hippocampal sclerosis. Deep brain …

Subicular pyramidal neurons gate drug resistance in temporal lobe epilepsy

C Xu, YI Wang, S Zhang, J Nao, Y Liu… - Annals of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Drug‐resistant epilepsy causes great clinical danger and still lacks effective
treatments. Methods Here, we used multifaceted approaches combining electrophysiology …

The piriform cortex in epilepsy: what we learn from the kindling model

H Cheng, Y Wang, J Chen, Z Chen - Experimental neurology, 2020 - Elsevier
Epilepsy is a circuit-level brain disorder characterized by excessive or hypersynchronous
epileptic seizures involving a complex epileptogenic network. Cumulative evidence …

Revealing the precise role of calretinin neurons in epilepsy: we are on the way

Y Qi, H Cheng, Y Wang, Z Chen - Neuroscience Bulletin, 2022 - Springer
Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder characterized by hyperexcitability in the brain.
Its pathogenesis is classically associated with an imbalance of excitatory and inhibitory …