Why won't it stop? The dynamics of benzodiazepine resistance in status epilepticus

RJ Burman, RE Rosch, JM Wilmshurst, A Sen… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Status epilepticus is a life-threatening neurological emergency that affects both adults and
children. Approximately 36% of episodes of status epilepticus do not respond to the current …

[HTML][HTML] Looking for Novelty in an “Old” Receptor: Recent Advances Toward Our Understanding of GABAARs and Their Implications in Receptor Pharmacology

D Castellano, RD Shepard, W Lu - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Diverse populations of GABAA receptors (GABAARs) throughout the brain mediate fast
inhibitory transmission and are modulated by various endogenous ligands and therapeutic …

GABAA receptors in epilepsy: Elucidating phenotypic divergence through functional analysis of genetic variants

NL Absalom, SXN Lin, VWY Liao… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Normal brain function requires a tightly regulated balance between excitatory and inhibitory
neurotransmissions. γ‐Aminobutyric acid type A (GABAA) receptors represent the major …

[HTML][HTML] Diverse actions of astrocytes in GABAergic signaling

M Ishibashi, K Egawa, A Fukuda - International journal of molecular …, 2019 - mdpi.com
An imbalance of excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmission leading to over excitation plays
a crucial role in generating seizures, while enhancing GABAergic mechanisms are critical in …

Rescue therapies for seizure clusters: pharmacology and target of treatments

B Gidal, K Detyniecki - Epilepsia, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The primary goal of treatment for seizure clusters is cessation of the cluster to avoid
progression to more severe conditions, such as prolonged seizures and status epilepticus …

[HTML][HTML] Neuroprotective effect of Ziziphi Spinosae Semen on rats with p-chlorophenylalanine-induced insomnia via activation of GABAA receptor

F Xiao, S Shao, H Zhang, G Li, S Piao… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Ziziphus jujuba var. spinosa (Bunge) Hu ex HF. Chow [Rhamnaceae; Ziziphi Spinosae
Semen (ZSS)] has attracted extensive attention as the first choice of traditional Chinese …

[HTML][HTML] GABAA receptor variants in epilepsy

X Fu, YJ Wang, JQ Kang, TW Mu - 2022 - europepmc.org
Epilepsy is one of the most common episodic neurological disorders, affecting 1%
population worldwide. The genetic variations of γ-aminobutyric acid type A (GABA A) …

[HTML][HTML] Basal forebrain cholinergic neurons are vulnerable in a mouse model of Down syndrome and their molecular fingerprint is rescued by maternal choline …

MJ Alldred, H Pidikiti, A Heguy, P Roussos… - … : official publication of …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Basal forebrain cholinergic neuron (BFCN) degeneration is a hallmark of Down syndrome
(DS) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Current therapeutics in these disorders have been …

[HTML][HTML] Novel variants and phenotypes widen the phenotypic spectrum of GABRG2-related disorders

J Komulainen-Ebrahim, JM Schreiber, SM Kangas… - Seizure, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose Next-generation sequencing (NGS) has made genetic testing of patients with
epileptic encephalopathies easier–novel variants are discovered and new phenotypes …

A versatile synthetic affinity probe reveals inhibitory synapse ultrastructure and brain connectivity

V Khayenko, C Schulte, SL Reis… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Visualization of inhibitory synapses requires protocol tailoring for different sample types and
imaging techniques, and usually relies on genetic manipulation or the use of antibodies that …