Drug resistance in epilepsy: clinical impact, potential mechanisms, and new innovative treatment options

W Löscher, H Potschka, SM Sisodiya, A Vezzani… - Pharmacological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Epilepsy is a chronic neurologic disorder that affects over 70 million people worldwide.
Despite the availability of over 20 antiseizure drugs (ASDs) for symptomatic treatment of …

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 …

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 …

Commonalities in epileptogenic processes from different acute brain insults: Do they translate?

P Klein, R Dingledine, E Aronica, C Bernard… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The most common forms of acquired epilepsies arise following acute brain insults such as
traumatic brain injury, stroke, or central nervous system infections. Treatment is effective for …

New epilepsy therapies in development

P Klein, RM Kaminski, M Koepp… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2024 - nature.com
Epilepsy is a common brain disorder, characterized by spontaneous recurrent seizures, with
associated neuropsychiatric and cognitive comorbidities and increased mortality. Although …

Glia-to-neuron transfer of miRNAs via extracellular vesicles: a new mechanism underlying inflammation-induced synaptic alterations

I Prada, M Gabrielli, E Turola, A Iorio, G D'Arrigo… - Acta …, 2018 - Springer
Recent evidence indicates synaptic dysfunction as an early mechanism affected in
neuroinflammatory diseases, such as multiple sclerosis, which are characterized by chronic …

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 …

Neuroinflammatory pathways as treatment targets and biomarker candidates in epilepsy: emerging evidence from preclinical and clinical studies

EA van Vliet, E Aronica, A Vezzani… - Neuropathology and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Accumulating evidence indicates an important pathophysiological role of brain inflammation
in epilepsy. In this review, we will provide an update of specific inflammatory pathways that …

Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors: future therapeutic strategies for epilepsy management

C Rawat, S Kukal, UR Dahiya, R Kukreti - Journal of neuroinflammation, 2019 - Springer
Epilepsy, a common multifactorial neurological disease, affects about 69 million people
worldwide constituting nearly 1% of the world population. Despite decades of extensive …

MicroRNAs as regulators of brain function and targets for treatment of epilepsy

GP Brennan, DC Henshall - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2020 - nature.com
Seizures result from hypersynchronous, abnormal firing of neuronal populations and are the
primary clinical symptom of the epilepsies. Brain tissue from animal models and patients …