Going the extra (synaptic) mile: excitotoxicity as the road toward neurodegenerative diseases

A Armada-Moreira, JI Gomes, CC Pina… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Excitotoxicity is a phenomenon that describes the toxic actions of excitatory
neurotransmitters, primarily glutamate, where the exacerbated or prolonged activation of …

Targeting molecular mediators of ferroptosis and oxidative stress for neurological disorders

J Li, B Jia, Y Cheng, Y Song, Q Li… - Oxidative Medicine and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
With the acceleration of population aging, nervous system diseases including Alzheimer's
disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD), Huntington's disease (HD), anxiety, depression …

Neuroinflammation in neurological disorders: pharmacotherapeutic targets from bench to bedside

A Mishra, R Bandopadhyay, PK Singh, PS Mishra… - Metabolic Brain …, 2021 - Springer
Neuroinflammation is one of the host defensive mechanisms through which the nervous
system protects itself from pathogenic and or infectious insults. Moreover, neuroinflammation …

Antioxidants targeting mitochondrial oxidative stress: Promising neuroprotectants for epilepsy

N Yang, QW Guan, FH Chen, QX Xia… - Oxidative Medicine …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Mitochondria are major sources of reactive oxygen species (ROS) within the cell and are
especially vulnerable to oxidative stress. Oxidative damage to mitochondria results in …

Ketogenic diet and neuroinflammation

S Koh, N Dupuis, S Auvin - Epilepsy Research, 2020 - Elsevier
The high-fat, low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet (KD) is an established treatment for drug-
resistant epilepsy with a proven efficacy. The KD is being explored for Febrile Infection …

Redox signaling at the crossroads of human health and disease

J Zuo, Z Zhang, M Luo, L Zhou, EC Nice, W Zhang… - MedComm, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Redox biology is at the core of life sciences, accompanied by the close correlation of redox
processes with biological activities. Redox homeostasis is a prerequisite for human health …

Inflammation and reactive oxygen species as disease modifiers in epilepsy

G Terrone, S Balosso, A Pauletti, T Ravizza… - …, 2020 - Elsevier
Neuroinflammation and reactive oxygen and nitrogen species are rapidly induced in the
brain after acute cerebral injuries that are associated with an enhanced risk for epilepsy in …

Single-target versus multi-target drugs versus combinations of drugs with multiple targets: preclinical and clinical evidence for the treatment or prevention of epilepsy

W Löscher - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Rationally designed multi-target drugs (also termed multimodal drugs, network therapeutics,
or designed multiple ligands) have emerged as an attractive drug discovery paradigm in the …

Selenium nanoparticles pre-treatment reverse behavioral, oxidative damage, neuronal loss and neurochemical alterations in pentylenetetrazole-induced epileptic …

X Yuan, Z Fu, P Ji, L Guo, AO Al-Ghamdy… - International Journal …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Epilepsy is a chronic neurological condition characterized by behavioral,
molecular, and neurochemical alterations. Current antiepileptic drugs are associated with …

Crosstalk between neuroinflammation and oxidative stress in epilepsy

T Fabisiak, M Patel - Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The roles of both neuroinflammation and oxidative stress in the pathophysiology of epilepsy
have begun to receive considerable attention in recent years. However, these concepts are …