Clinical and experimental insight into pathophysiology, comorbidity and therapy of absence seizures

V Crunelli, ML Lőrincz, C McCafferty, RC Lambert… - Brain, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Absence seizures in children and teenagers are generally considered relatively benign
because of their non-convulsive nature and the large incidence of remittance in early …

Current controversy: spikes, bursts, and synchrony in generalized absence epilepsy: unresolved questions regarding thalamocortical synchrony in absence epilepsy

J Huguenard - Epilepsy Currents, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Absence epilepsy is a disorder of thalamocortical networks. Animal models have provided
detailed information regarding the core cellular, synaptic, and network features that …

Astrocyte‐neuronal network interplay is disrupted in Alzheimer's disease mice

J Lines, AM Baraibar, C Fang, ED Martin, J Aguilar… - Glia, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is associated with senile plaques of beta‐amyloid (Aβ) that affect
the function of neurons and astrocytes. Brain activity results from the coordinated function of …

[HTML][HTML] In Silico and In Vivo: Evaluating the Therapeutic Potential of Kaempferol, Quercetin, and Catechin to Treat Chronic Epilepsy in a Rat Model

H Ahmed, MA Khan, SA Ali Zaidi… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Recently, alternative therapies are gaining popularity in the treatment of epilepsy. The
present study aimed to find out the antiepileptic potential of quercetin, catechin, and …

[HTML][HTML] EEG-fMRI in awake rat and whole-brain simulations show decreased brain responsiveness to sensory stimulations during absence seizures

P Stenroos, I Guillemain, F Tesler, O Montigon… - Elife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
In patients suffering absence epilepsy, recurring seizures can significantly decrease their
quality of life and lead to yet untreatable comorbidities. Absence seizures are characterized …

[HTML][HTML] Phenotypic Characterization of Larval Zebrafish (Danio rerio) with Partial Knockdown of the cacna1a Gene

K Gawel, WA Turski, W van der Ent, BJ Mathai… - Molecular …, 2020 - Springer
The CACNA1A gene encodes the pore-forming α1 subunit of voltage-gated P/Q type Ca 2+
channels (Ca v 2.1). Mutations in this gene, among others, have been described in patients …

[HTML][HTML] Cognitive comorbidities of experimental absence seizures are independent of anxiety

M Neuparth-Sottomayor, CC Pina, TP Morais… - Neurobiology of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Typical absence seizures (ASs) are brief periods of lack of consciousness, associated with
2.5–4 Hz spike-wave discharges (SWDs) in the EEG, which are highly prevalent in children …

[HTML][HTML] Chemogenetic activation of feed-forward inhibitory parvalbumin-expressing interneurons in the cortico-thalamocortical network during absence seizures

S Panthi, B Leitch - Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Parvalbumin-expressing (PV+) interneurons are a subset of GABAergic inhibitory
interneurons that mediate feed-forward inhibition (FFI) within the cortico-thalamocortical …

[HTML][HTML] From physiology to pathology of cortico-thalamo-cortical oscillations: astroglia as a target for further research

D Gobbo, A Scheller, F Kirchhoff - Frontiers in Neurology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The electrographic hallmark of childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) and other idiopathic
forms of epilepsy are 2.5–4 Hz spike and wave discharges (SWDs) originating from …

[HTML][HTML] Altered GABAA Receptor Expression in the Primary Somatosensory Cortex of a Mouse Model of Genetic Absence Epilepsy

M Hassan, NK Adotevi, B Leitch - International Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Absence seizures are hyperexcitations within the cortico-thalamocortical (CTC) network,
however the underlying causative mechanisms at the cellular and molecular level are still …