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 …

Neuroinflammatory pathways as treatment targets and biomarkers in epilepsy

A Vezzani, S Balosso, T Ravizza - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2019 - nature.com
Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disease characterized by an enduring propensity for
generation of seizures. The pathogenic processes of seizure generation and recurrence are …

Astrocytes in the initiation and progression of epilepsy

A Vezzani, T Ravizza, P Bedner, E Aronica… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Epilepsy affects~ 65 million people worldwide. First-line treatment options include> 20
antiseizure medications, but seizure control is not achieved in approximately one-third of …

Cytokines as emerging regulators of central nervous system synapses

F Zipp, S Bittner, DP Schafer - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
Cytokines are key messengers by which immune cells communicate, and they drive many
physiological processes, including immune and inflammatory responses. Early discoveries …

Microglia function in the central nervous system during health and neurodegeneration

M Colonna, O Butovsky - Annual review of immunology, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Microglia are resident cells of the brain that regulate brain development, maintenance of
neuronal networks, and injury repair. Microglia serve as brain macrophages but are distinct …

Glial responses to implanted electrodes in the brain

JW Salatino, KA Ludwig, TDY Kozai… - Nature biomedical …, 2017 - nature.com
The use of implants that can electrically stimulate or record electrophysiological or
neurochemical activity in nervous tissue is rapidly expanding. Despite remarkable results in …

Neuronal regulation of immunity: why, how and where?

M Schiller, TL Ben-Shaanan, A Rolls - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2021 - nature.com
Neuroimmunology is one of the fastest-growing fields in the life sciences, and for good
reason; it fills the gap between two principal systems of the organism, the nervous system …

Astrocyte reactivity and inflammation-induced depression-like behaviors are regulated by Orai1 calcium channels

MM Novakovic, KS Korshunov, RA Grant… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Astrocytes contribute to brain inflammation in neurological disorders but the molecular
mechanisms controlling astrocyte reactivity and their relationship to neuroinflammatory …

Inflammation, glutamate, and glia: a trio of trouble in mood disorders

E Haroon, AH Miller, G Sanacora - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2017 - nature.com
Increasing data indicate that inflammation and alterations in glutamate neurotransmission
are two novel pathways to pathophysiology in mood disorders. The primary goal of this …

Infections, inflammation and epilepsy

A Vezzani, RS Fujinami, HS White, PM Preux… - Acta …, 2016 - Springer
Epilepsy is the tendency to have unprovoked epileptic seizures. Anything causing structural
or functional derangement of brain physiology may lead to seizures, and different conditions …