Progesterone modulates neuronal excitability bidirectionally

J Kapur, S Joshi - Neuroscience letters, 2021 - Elsevier
Progesterone acts on neurons directly by activating its receptor and through metabolic
conversion to neurosteroids. There is emerging evidence that progesterone exerts excitatory …

Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis targets for the treatment of epilepsy

T Basu, J Maguire, JA Salpekar - Neuroscience letters, 2021 - Elsevier
Stress is a common seizure trigger in persons with epilepsy. The body's physiological
response to stress is mediated by the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and …

[HTML][HTML] Super-refractory status epilepticus: Prognosis and recent advances in management

BF Kirmani, K Au, L Ayari, M John, P Shetty… - Aging and …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Super-refractory status epilepticus (SRSE) is a life-threatening neurological emergency with
high morbidity and mortality. It is defined as “status epilepticus (SE) that continues or recurs …

Rapid effects of neurosteroids on neuronal plasticity and their physiological and pathological implications

E Kudova - Neuroscience Letters, 2021 - Elsevier
Current neuroscience research on neurosteroids and their synthetic analogues–neuroactive
steroids–clearly demonstrate their drug likeness in a variety of neurological and psychiatric …

Seizures, status epilepticus, and continuous EEG in the intensive care unit

ES Rosenthal - CONTINUUM: Lifelong Learning in Neurology, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Seizures, Status Epilepticus, and Continuous EEG in the Inte... : CONTINUUM: Lifelong Learning in
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[HTML][HTML] S2k guidelines: status epilepticus in adulthood: Guidelines of the German Society for Neurology

F Rosenow, J Weber… - Der Nervenarzt, 2021 - Springer
This S2k guideline on diagnosis and treatment of status epilepticus (SE) in adults is based
on the last published version from 2021. New definitions and evidence were included in the …

[HTML][HTML] S2k-Leitlinie: Status Epilepticus im Erwachsenenalter: Leitlinie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Neurologie

F Rosenow, J Weber - Der Nervenarzt, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Diese S2k-Leitlinie (LL) zum Status epilepticus (SE) im Erwachsenenalter schreibt
die letzte DGN-LL zum SE von 2012 fort. Neue Definitionen und Evidenz wurden bei der …

[HTML][HTML] The neuroactive steroid pregnanolone glutamate: anticonvulsant effect, metabolites and its effect on neurosteroid levels in developing rat brains

E Kudova, P Mares, M Hill, K Vondrakova, G Tsenov… - Pharmaceuticals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Pregnanolone glutamate (PA-G) is a neuroactive steroid that has been previously
demonstrated to be a potent neuroprotective compound in several biological models in vivo …

Pregnant women with more seizures have lower allopregnanolone concentrations

PE Voinescu, KD Pennell, CP Bay, ZN Stowe, L Peng… - Epilepsy research, 2021 - Elsevier
Neuroactive steroids have rapid, nongenomic effects on neuronal excitability. The effects in
humans are less clear. We compared seizure control and concentrations of neuroactive …

[HTML][HTML] Acute encephalopathy in children with tuberous sclerosis complex

S Numoto, H Kurahashi, A Sato, M Kubota… - Orphanet Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Objective We examined the clinical manifestations of acute encephalopathy (AE) and
identify risk factors for AE in children with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC). Methods The …