Oxidative stress and neurodegeneration in animal models of seizures and epilepsy

K Łukawski, SJ Czuczwar - Antioxidants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Free radicals are generated in the brain, as well as in other organs, and their production is
proportional to the brain activity. Due to its low antioxidant capacity, the brain is particularly …

Role of oxidative stress in epileptogenesis and potential implications for therapy

KK Borowicz-Reutt, SJ Czuczwar - Pharmacological Reports, 2020 - Springer
In a state of balance between oxidants and antioxidants, free radicals play an advantageous
role of “redox messengers”. In a state of oxidative stress, they trigger a cascade of events …

Iron metabolism and ferroptosis in epilepsy

S Chen, Y Chen, Y Zhang, X Kuang, Y Liu… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Epilepsy is a disease characterized by recurrent, episodic, and transient central nervous
system (CNS) dysfunction resulting from an excessive synchronous discharge of brain …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Microglia in epilepsy

C Yu, X Deng, D Xu - Neurobiology of Disease, 2023 - Elsevier
Epilepsy is one of most common chronic neurological disorders, and the antiseizure
medications developed by targeting neurocentric mechanisms have not effectively reduced …

[HTML][HTML] Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and epilepsy

A Becchetti, LC Grandi, M Cerina, A Amadeo - Pharmacological Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite recent advances in understanding the causes of epilepsy, especially the genetic,
comprehending the biological mechanisms that lead to the epileptic phenotype remains …

Seizure-mediated iron accumulation and dysregulated iron metabolism after status epilepticus and in temporal lobe epilepsy

TS Zimmer, B David, DWM Broekaart… - Acta …, 2021 - Springer
Neuronal dysfunction due to iron accumulation in conjunction with reactive oxygen species
(ROS) could represent an important, yet underappreciated, component of the epileptogenic …

[HTML][HTML] Succinate accumulation induces mitochondrial reactive oxygen species generation and promotes status epilepticus in the kainic acid rat model

Y Zhang, M Zhang, W Zhu, J Yu, Q Wang, J Zhang… - Redox Biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Though succinate accumulation is associated with reactive oxygen species (ROS)
production and neuronal injury, which play critical roles in epilepsy, it is unclear whether …

Potential new roles for glycogen in epilepsy

GA Dienel, L Gillinder, A McGonigal, K Borges - Epilepsia, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Seizures often originate in epileptogenic foci. Between seizures (interictally), these foci and
some of the surrounding tissue often show low signals with 18fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) …

Negative effects of brain regulatory T cells depletion on epilepsy

J Yue, R Xu, C Yin, H Yang, C Zhang, D Zhao - Progress in Neurobiology, 2022 - Elsevier
The infiltration of immune cells is observed in the epileptogenic zone; however, the
relationship between epilepsy and regulatory T cells (Tregs) remains only partially …