Magnesium and the brain: A focus on neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration

JAM Maier, L Locatelli, G Fedele, A Cazzaniga… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Magnesium (Mg) is involved in the regulation of metabolism and in the maintenance of the
homeostasis of all the tissues, including the brain, where it harmonizes nerve signal …

Therapeutic strategies to ameliorate neuronal damage in epilepsy by regulating oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, and neuroinflammation

S Madireddy, S Madireddy - Brain sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Epilepsy is a central nervous system disorder involving spontaneous and recurring seizures
that affects 50 million individuals globally. Because approximately one-third of patients with …

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 …

Rapid surface accumulation of NMDA receptors increases glutamatergic excitation during status epilepticus

DE Naylor, H Liu, J Niquet, CG Wasterlain - Neurobiology of disease, 2013 - Elsevier
After 1h of lithium-pilocarpine status epilepticus (SE), immunocytochemical labeling of
NMDA receptor NR1 subunits reveals relocation of subunits from the interior to the cell …

Metabolic and homeostatic changes in seizures and acquired epilepsy—mitochondria, calcium dynamics and reactive oxygen species

S Kovac, AT Dinkova Kostova, AM Herrmann… - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Acquired epilepsies can arise as a consequence of brain injury and result in unprovoked
seizures that emerge after a latent period of epileptogenesis. These epilepsies pose a major …

Calcium‐permeable AMPA receptors are expressed in a rodent model of status epilepticus

K Rajasekaran, M Todorovic, J Kapur - Annals of neurology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: A study was undertaken to characterize the plasticity of AMPA receptor (AMPAR)‐
mediated neurotransmission in the hippocampus during status epilepticus (SE). Methods …

NMDA receptor NR2B subunits contribute to PTZ-kindling-induced hippocampal astrocytosis and oxidative stress

X Zhu, J Dong, K Shen, Y Bai, Y Zhang, X Lv… - Brain research …, 2015 - Elsevier
The N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor plays an important role in the pathophysiology of
several neurological diseases, including epilepsy. The present study investigated the effect …

Gastrodin alleviates seizure severity and neuronal excitotoxicities in the rat lithium-pilocarpine model of temporal lobe epilepsy via enhancing GABAergic transmission

CS Yang, SC Chiu, PY Liu, SN Wu, MC Lai… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Temporal lobe epilepsy remains one of the most drug-
resistant focal epilepsy, leading to enormous healthcare burden. Among traditional herb …

Prolonged seizure activity impairs mitochondrial bioenergetics and induces cell death

S Kovac, AM Domijan, MC Walker… - Journal of cell …, 2012 - journals.biologists.com
The mechanisms underlying neuronal death following excessive activity such as occurs
during prolonged seizures are unclear, but mitochondrial dysfunction has been …

Research progress on oxidative stress regulating different types of neuronal death caused by epileptic seizures

H Sun, X Li, Q Guo, S Liu - Neurological Sciences, 2022 - Springer
Clinical and experimental data hints that prolonged and repeated epileptic seizures can
lead to molecular, biochemical, metabolic, and structural changes in the brain, a continuous …