Epileptogenesis

A Pitkänen, K Lukasiuk… - Cold Spring …, 2015 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Epileptogenesis is a chronic process that can be triggered by genetic or acquired factors,
and that can continue long after epilepsy diagnosis. In 2015, epileptogenesis is not a …

[HTML][HTML] Traumatic brain injury and epilepsy: underlying mechanisms leading to seizure

BP Lucke-Wold, L Nguyen, RC Turner, AF Logsdon… - Seizure, 2015 - Elsevier
Post-traumatic epilepsy continues to be a major concern for those experiencing traumatic
brain injury. Post-traumatic epilepsy accounts for 10–20% of epilepsy cases in the general …

Role of blood–brain barrier in temporal lobe epilepsy and pharmacoresistance

EA Van Vliet, E Aronica, JA Gorter - Neuroscience, 2014 - Elsevier
Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is the most common form of focal epilepsies in adults. It is
often initiated by an insult or brain injury which triggers a series of alterations which …

The enigma of the latent period in the development of symptomatic acquired epilepsy—traditional view versus new concepts

W Löscher, LJ Hirsch, D Schmidt - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2015 - Elsevier
A widely accepted hypothesis holds that there is a seizure-free, pre-epileptic state, termed
the “latent period”, between a brain insult, such as traumatic brain injury or stroke, and the …

Inter-individual variation in the effect of antiepileptic drugs in the intrahippocampal kainate model of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy in mice

S Klein, M Bankstahl, W Löscher - Neuropharmacology, 2015 - Elsevier
Despite more than 20 clinically approved antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), there remains a
substantial unmet clinical need for patients with refractory (AED-resistant) epilepsy. Animal …

The relevance of inter-and intrastrain differences in mice and rats and their implications for models of seizures and epilepsy

W Löscher, RJ Ferland, TN Ferraro - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2017 - Elsevier
It is becoming increasingly clear that the genetic background of mice and rats, even in
inbred strains, can have a profound influence on measures of seizure susceptibility and …

Astrocytic CD44 Deficiency Reduces the Severity of Kainate-Induced Epilepsy

PK Kruk, K Nader, A Skupien-Jaroszek, T Wójtowicz… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: Epilepsy affects millions of people worldwide, yet we still lack a successful
treatment for all epileptic patients. Most of the available drugs modulate neuronal activity …

Significant effects of sex, strain, and anesthesia in the intrahippocampal kainate mouse model of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

F Twele, K Töllner, C Brandt, W Löscher - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2016 - Elsevier
The intrahippocampal kainate mouse model of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy is increasingly
being used for studies on epileptogenesis and antiepileptogenesis. Almost all previous …

A face‐to‐face comparison of the intra‐amygdala and intrahippocampal kainate mouse models of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy and their utility for testing novel …

L Welzel, A Schidlitzki, F Twele, M Anjum… - Epilepsia, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Intracranial (intrahippocampal or intra‐amygdala) administration of kainate in
rodents leads to spatially restricted brain injury and development of focal epilepsy with …

Dynamics of PDGFRβ expression in different cell types after brain injury

J Kyyriäinen, X Ekolle Ndode‐Ekane, A Pitkänen - Glia, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Platelet‐derived growth factor receptor β (PDGFRβ) is upregulated after brain injury and its
depletion results in the blood–brain barrier (BBB) damage. We investigated the time …