[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 …

[HTML][HTML] ATP and adenosine—Two players in the control of seizures and epilepsy development

E Beamer, M Kuchukulla, D Boison, T Engel - Progress in neurobiology, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite continuous advances in understanding the underlying pathogenesis of
hyperexcitable networks and lowered seizure thresholds, the treatment of epilepsy remains …

[HTML][HTML] Synaptic and memory dysfunction in a β-amyloid model of early Alzheimer's disease depends on increased formation of ATP-derived extracellular adenosine

FQ Gonçalves, JP Lopes, HB Silva, C Lemos… - Neurobiology of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Adenosine A 2A receptors (A 2A R) overfunction causes synaptic and memory
dysfunction in early Alzheimer's disease (AD). In a β-amyloid (Aβ 1-42)-based model of early …

Purinergic signaling orchestrating neuron-glia communication

P Agostinho, D Madeira, L Dias, AP Simões… - Pharmacological …, 2020 - Elsevier
This review discusses the evidence supporting a role for ATP signaling (operated by P 2 X
and P 2 Y receptors) and adenosine signaling (mainly operated by A 1 and A 2A receptors) …

Role of adenosine in epilepsy and seizures

FC Tescarollo, DM Rombo, LK DeLiberto… - Journal of caffeine …, 2020 - liebertpub.com
Adenosine is an endogenous anticonvulsant and neuroprotectant of the brain. Seizure
activity produces large quantities of adenosine, and it is this seizure-induced adenosine …

The role of the adenosine system in epilepsy and its comorbidities

JA Baltos, PM Casillas‐Espinosa… - British Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Epilepsy is one of the most serious and common chronic neurological conditions,
characterised by recurrent hypersynchronous electrical activity in the brain that lead to …

The good, the bad, and the deadly: adenosinergic mechanisms underlying sudden unexpected death in epilepsy

B Purnell, M Murugan, R Jani, D Boison - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Adenosine is an inhibitory modulator of neuronal excitability. Neuronal activity results in
increased adenosine release, thereby constraining excessive excitation. The exceptionally …

A unified hypothesis of SUDEP: Seizure‐induced respiratory depression induced by adenosine may lead to SUDEP but can be prevented by autoresuscitation and …

CL Faingold, HJ Feng - Epilepsia, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is a major cause of death in people with
epilepsy (PWE). Postictal apnea leading to cardiac arrest is the most common sequence of …

Adenosine A2A receptors control synaptic remodeling in the adult brain

X Xu, RO Beleza, FQ Gonçalves, S Valbuena… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The molecular mechanisms underlying circuit re-wiring in the mature brain remains ill-
defined. An eloquent example of adult circuit remodelling is the hippocampal mossy fiber …

Novel players in the aging synapse: impact on cognition

M Temido-Ferreira, JE Coelho… - Journal of caffeine …, 2019 - liebertpub.com
While neuronal loss has long been considered as the main contributor to age-related
cognitive decline, these alterations are currently attributed to gradual synaptic dysfunction …