Genetic landscape of common epilepsies: advancing towards precision in treatment

S Thakran, D Guin, P Singh, P Singh, S Kukal… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Epilepsy, a neurological disease characterized by recurrent seizures, is highly
heterogeneous in nature. Based on the prevalence, epilepsy is classified into two types …

Blood-brain barrier integrity in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease

Z Huang, LW Wong, Y Su, X Huang, N Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - Elsevier
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) tightly controls the molecular exchange between the brain
parenchyma and blood. Accumulated evidence from transgenic animal Alzheimer's disease …

Alzheimer-like amyloid and tau alterations associated with cognitive deficit in temporal lobe epilepsy

S Gourmaud, H Shou, DJ Irwin, K Sansalone… - Brain, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Temporal lobe epilepsy represents a major cause of drug-resistant epilepsy. Cognitive
impairment is a frequent comorbidity, but the mechanisms are not fully elucidated. We …

Neurodegenerative pathways as targets for acquired epilepsy therapy development

PM Casillas‐Espinosa, I Ali, TJ O'Brien - Epilepsia Open, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
There is a growing body of clinical and experimental evidence that neurodegenerative
diseases and epileptogenesis after an acquired brain insult may share common etiological …

Revisiting the impact of neurodegenerative proteins in epilepsy: focus on alpha-synuclein, beta-amyloid, and tau

YN Paudel, E Angelopoulou, C Piperi, I Othman… - Biology, 2020 - mdpi.com
Lack of disease-modifying therapy against epileptogenesis reflects the complexity of the
disease pathogenesis as well as the high demand to explore novel treatment strategies. In …

[HTML][HTML] Wogonin preventive impact on hippocampal neurodegeneration, inflammation and cognitive defects in temporal lobe epilepsy

X Guo, J Wang, N Wang, A Mishra, H Li, H Liu… - Saudi Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Previous studies demonstrated that the pathophysiological changes after temporal lobe
epilepsy (TLE) such as oxidative stress, inflammatory reaction contribute to cognitive defect …

Significance of cytosolic cathepsin D in Alzheimer's disease pathology: Protective cellular effects of PLGA nanoparticles against β‐amyloid‐toxicity

Y Wang, Q Wu, BG Anand… - Neuropathology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Evidence suggests that amyloid β (Aβ) peptides play an important role in the
degeneration of neurons during the development of Alzheimer's disease (AD), the prevalent …

Preclinical models of disease and multimorbidity with focus upon cardiovascular disease and dementia

O Shabir, TA Moll, MM Matuszyk, B Eyre… - Mechanisms of Ageing …, 2020 - Elsevier
The use of animal models is fundamental to furthering our understanding of human disease
mechanisms, as well as identifying potential therapeutic targets. Diseases of ageing often …

An acromegaly disease zebrafish model reveals decline in body stem cell number along with signs of premature aging

A Elbialy, Y Igarashi, S Asakawa, S Watabe… - Biology, 2020 - mdpi.com
In our previous publication, it was shown that growth hormone (GH) excess in acromegaly
affects the cell integrity of somatic cells through increased DNA damage throughout the body …

Transcranial dynamic fluorescence imaging for the study of the epileptic seizures

V Kalchenko, A Harmelin, D Israeli, B Kateb… - … Brain Mapping: Methods …, 2020 - Springer
In last decade functional brain mapping has made significant strides through development of
advanced methods, culminating into revolutionary diagnostic imaging and therapeutic …