Drug-resistant epilepsy: From multiple hypotheses to an integral explanation using preclinical resources

D Pérez-Pérez, CL Frías-Soria, L Rocha - Epilepsy & behavior, 2021 - Elsevier
Drug-resistant epilepsy affects approximately one-third of the patients with epilepsy. The
pharmacoresistant condition in epilepsy is mainly explained by six hypotheses. In addition …

Emerging epilepsy models: insights from mice, flies, worms and fish

SC Baraban - Current opinion in neurology, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Studies of epilepsy in mutant mice provide a framework for understanding critical features of
the brain that regulate excitability. These, and as yet undiscovered, mouse mutants will …

Morphological alterations of neurons and astrocytes and changes in emotional behavior in pentylenetetrazol-kindled rats

H Franke, H Kittner - Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 2001 - Elsevier
Changes of emotional behavior and neuronal cell loss in the hippocampus were
investigated after pentylenetetrazol (PTZ) induced kindling in rats. Behavioral and …

Susceptibility of larval zebrafish to the seizurogenic activity of GABA type A receptor antagonists

SB Bandara, DR Carty, V Singh, DJ Harvey… - Neurotoxicology, 2020 - Elsevier
Previous studies demonstrated that pentylenetetrazole (PTZ), a GABA type A receptor
(GABA AR) antagonist, elicits seizure-like phenotypes in larval zebrafish (Danio rerio). Here …

Dynamic changes of striatal neurotransmitter systems activity cause changes in behavioral non-convulsive disorders of depressive nature in the course of chronic …

I Ostapenko - Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2023 - apcz.umk.pl
Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disease characterized by recurrent behavioral seizures
and affects approximately 1% of the global population. Epilepsy causes recurrent behavioral …

Evidence that the β-acids fraction of hops reduces central GABAergic neurotransmission

P Zanoli, M Zavatti, M Rivasi, F Brusiani, G Losi… - Journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
Humulus lupulus (hops) is traditionally used as a tranquilizing herbal remedy. Here, we
investigated the in vivo and in vitro effect of hop β-acids on central nervous system function …

Impact of vortioxetine with antiepileptic drugs combined administration on non-convulsive behaviour in kindled rats

I Ostapenko - Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2023 - apcz.umk.pl
Epilepsy is a prolonged, progressively advancing nervous and psychiatric disorder of
various etiologies, characterized by paroxysmal and relatively persistent psychological …

Characterization of seizures induced by acute and repeated exposure to tetramethylenedisulfotetramine

D Zolkowska, CN Banks, A Dhir, B Inceoglu… - … of Pharmacology and …, 2012 - ASPET
Tetramethylenedisulfotetramine (tetramine; TETS) is a potent convulsant poison that is
considered to be a chemical threat agent. To provide a basis for the investigation of …

[PDF][PDF] Treatment of epilepsy: existing therapies and future developments

SP Aiken, WM Brown - Front Biosci, 2000 - article.imrpress.com
[Frontiers in Bioscience 5, e124-152, November 1, 2000] 124 TREATMENT OF EPILEPSY:
EXISTING THERAPIES AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS Si Page 1 [Frontiers in Bioscience 5 …

Increased neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) activity triggers picrotoxin-induced seizures in rats and evidence for participation of nNOS mechanism in the action of …

K Rajasekaran, R Jayakumar, K Venkatachalam - Brain research, 2003 - Elsevier
Increased neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) activity was observed during the prodromal
period of seizures in various rat brain regions following administration of GABAA receptor …