Adenosine A1 receptors in the central nervous system: their functions in health and disease, and possible elucidation by PET imaging

S Paul, PH Elsinga, K Ishiwata… - Current medicinal …, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com
Adenosine is a neuromodulator with several functions in the central nervous system (CNS),
such as inhibition of neuronal activity in many signaling pathways. Most of the sedating …

Pannexin1 stabilizes synaptic plasticity and is needed for learning

N Prochnow, A Abdulazim, S Kurtenbach, V Wildförster… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Pannexin 1 (Panx1) represents a class of vertebrate membrane channels, bearing
significant sequence homology with the invertebrate gap junction proteins, the innexins and …

[HTML][HTML] Neurostimulation as a putative method for the treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy in patient and animal models of epilepsy

F Bakhtiarzadeh, M Zare, Z Ghasemi… - Basic and Clinical …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A patient with epilepsy was shown to have neurobiological, psychological, cognitive, and
social issues as a result of recurring seizures, which is regarded as a chronic brain disease …

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] Optogenetic stimulus-triggered acquisition of seizure resistance

Y Shimoda, K Beppu, Y Ikoma, YM Morizawa… - Neurobiology of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Unlike an electrical circuit, the hardware of the brain is susceptible to change. Repeated
electrical brain stimulation mimics epileptogenesis. After such “kindling” process, a …

Electromagnetic field protects against cognitive and synaptic plasticity impairment induced by electrical kindling in rats

S Khajei, J Mirnajafi-Zadeh, V Sheibani… - Brain Research …, 2021 - Elsevier
Kindling results in abnormal synaptic potentiation and significant impairment in learning and
memory. Electromagnetic field (EMF) effects on learning and memory in kindled animals and …

Effect of low frequency electrical stimulation on seizure-induced short-and long-term impairments in learning and memory in rats

K Esmaeilpour, V Sheibani, M Shabani… - Physiology & …, 2017 - Elsevier
Kindled seizures can impair learning and memory. In the present study the effect of low-
frequency electrical stimulation (LFS) on kindled seizure-induced impairment in spatial …

Role of adenosine in the antiepileptic effects of deep brain stimulation

MF Miranda, C Hamani, ACG de Almeida… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Despite the effectiveness of anterior thalamic nucleus (AN) deep brain stimulation (DBS) for
the treatment of epilepsy, mechanisms responsible for the antiepileptic effects of this therapy …

Effects of anterior thalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation in chronic epileptic rats

L Covolan, ACG de Almeida, B Amorim, C Cavarsan… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has been investigated for the treatment of epilepsy. In rodents,
an increase in the latency for the development of seizures and status epilepticus (SE) has …

Effect of low-frequency electrical stimulation parameters on its anticonvulsant action during rapid perforant path kindling in rat

M Shahpari, J Mirnajafi-Zadeh, SMP Firoozabadi… - Epilepsy research, 2012 - Elsevier
Low frequency stimulation (LFS) may be considered as a new potential therapy for drug-
resistant epilepsy. However, the relation between LFS parameters and its anticonvulsant …