[HTML][HTML] Bypassing the blood–brain barrier: direct intracranial drug delivery in epilepsies

M Gernert, M Feja - Pharmaceutics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Epilepsies are common chronic neurological diseases characterized by recurrent
unprovoked seizures of central origin. The mainstay of treatment involves symptomatic …

GABA-ergic cell therapy for epilepsy: Advances, limitations and challenges

AK Shetty, D Upadhya - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Diminution in the number of gamma-amino butyric acid positive (GABA-ergic) interneurons
and their axon terminals, and/or alterations in functional inhibition are conspicuous brain …

[HTML][HTML] Stem cell therapy in treating epilepsy

BL Chang, KH Chang - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Epilepsy is a common disabling chronic neurological disorder characterized by an enduring
propensity for the generation of seizures that result from abnormal hypersynchronous firing …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms for cognitive impairment in epilepsy: moving beyond seizures

MR Khalife, RC Scott, AE Hernan - Frontiers in neurology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
There has been a major emphasis on defining the role of seizures in the causation of
cognitive impairments like memory deficits in epilepsy. Here we focus on an alternative …

[HTML][HTML] Long-lasting antiseizure effects of chronic intrasubthalamic convection-enhanced delivery of valproate

D MacKeigan, M Feja, S Meller, L Deking… - Neurobiology of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Intracerebral drug delivery is an experimental approach for the treatment of drug-resistant
epilepsies that allows for pharmacological intervention in targeted brain regions. Previous …

[HTML][HTML] Acute and chronic convection-enhanced muscimol delivery into the rat subthalamic nucleus induces antiseizure effects associated with high responder rates

M Gernert, D MacKeigan, L Deking, E Kaczmarek… - Epilepsy research, 2023 - Elsevier
Intracerebral drug delivery is an emerging treatment strategy aiming to manage seizures in
patients with systemic drug-resistant epilepsies. In rat seizure and epilepsy models, the …

[HTML][HTML] Cortical GABAergic interneuron/progenitor transplantation as a novel therapy for intractable epilepsy

Q Zhu, JR Naegele, S Chung - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Epilepsy is a severe neurological disease affecting more than 70 million people worldwide
that is characterized by unpredictable and abnormal electrical discharges resulting in …

[HTML][HTML] Not part of the temporal lobe, but still of importance? Substantia nigra and subthalamic nucleus in epilepsy

S Bröer - Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The most researched brain region in epilepsy research is the temporal lobe, and more
specifically, the hippocampus. However, numerous other brain regions play a pivotal role in …

Stem cells: A path towards improved epilepsy therapies

ZR Lybrand, S Goswami, J Hsieh - Neuropharmacology, 2020 - Elsevier
Despite the immense growth of new anti-seizure drugs (ASDs), approximately one-third of
epilepsy patients remain resistant to current treatment options. Advancements in whole …

Anticonvulsant effects after grafting of rat, porcine, and human mesencephalic neural progenitor cells into the rat subthalamic nucleus

B Backofen-Wehrhahn, L Gey, S Bröer, B Petersen… - Experimental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Cell transplantation based therapy is a promising strategy for treating intractable epilepsies.
Inhibition of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) or substantia nigra pars reticulata (SNr) is a …