Neuroinflammatory pathways as treatment targets and biomarkers in epilepsy

A Vezzani, S Balosso, T Ravizza - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2019 - nature.com
Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disease characterized by an enduring propensity for
generation of seizures. The pathogenic processes of seizure generation and recurrence are …

Inducible nitric oxide synthase: Regulation, structure, and inhibition

MA Cinelli, HT Do, GP Miley… - Medicinal research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A considerable number of human diseases have an inflammatory component, and a key
mediator of immune activation and inflammation is inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) …

[HTML][HTML] Astrocytes as guardians of neuronal excitability: mechanisms underlying epileptogenesis

QP Verhoog, L Holtman, E Aronica… - Frontiers in neurology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Astrocytes are key homeostatic regulators in the central nervous system and play important
roles in physiology. After brain damage caused by eg, status epilepticus, traumatic brain …

Targeting oxidative stress improves disease outcomes in a rat model of acquired epilepsy

A Pauletti, G Terrone, T Shekh-Ahmad, A Salamone… - 2019 - academic.oup.com
Epilepsy therapy is based on antiseizure drugs that treat the symptom, seizures, rather than
the disease and are ineffective in up to 30% of patients. There are no treatments for …

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 …

Pathophysiology of status epilepticus

MC Walker - Neuroscience letters, 2018 - Elsevier
Status epilepticus (SE) is the maximal expression of epilepsy with a high morbidity and
mortality. It occurs due to the failure of mechanisms that terminate seizures. Both human and …

Inflammation and reactive oxygen species in status epilepticus: Biomarkers and implications for therapy

G Terrone, F Frigerio, S Balosso, T Ravizza… - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2019 - Elsevier
Preclinical studies in immature and adult rodents and clinical observations show that
neuroinflammation and oxidative stress are rapid onset phenomena occurring in the brain …

Repurposed molecules for antiepileptogenesis: Missing an opportunity to prevent epilepsy?

P Klein, A Friedman, MQ Hameed, RM Kaminski… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Prevention of epilepsy is a great unmet need. Acute central nervous system (CNS) insults
such as traumatic brain injury (TBI), cerebrovascular accidents (CVA), and CNS infections …

Seizure-induced oxidative stress in status epilepticus: is antioxidant beneficial?

TK Lin, SD Chen, KJ Lin, YC Chuang - Antioxidants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder which affects patients physically and mentally
and causes a real burden for the patient, family and society both medically and …

[PDF][PDF] Targeting oxidative stress improves disease outcomes in a rat model of acquired epilepsy

A Pauletti, G Terrone, T Shekh-Ahmad, A Salamone… - Brain, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Epilepsy therapy is based on antiseizure drugs that treat the symptom, seizures, rather than
the disease and are ineffective in up to 30% of patients. There are no treatments for …