Epilepsy in adults

RD Thijs, R Surges, TJ O'Brien, JW Sander - The lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Epilepsy is one of the most common serious brain conditions, affecting over 70 million
people worldwide. Its incidence has a bimodal distribution with the highest risk in infants and …

The genetic landscape of the epileptic encephalopathies of infancy and childhood

A McTague, KB Howell, JH Cross, MA Kurian… - The Lancet …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Epileptic encephalopathies of infancy and childhood comprise a large, heterogeneous
group of severe epilepsies characterised by several seizure types, frequent epileptiform …

On-demand cell-autonomous gene therapy for brain circuit disorders

Y Qiu, N O'Neill, B Maffei, C Zourray… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Several neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders are characterized by
intermittent episodes of pathological activity. Although genetic therapies offer the ability to …

The hidden genetics of epilepsy—a clinically important new paradigm

RH Thomas, SF Berkovic - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2014 - nature.com
Understanding the aetiology of epilepsy is essential both for clinical management of patients
and for conducting neurobiological research that will direct future therapies. The aetiology of …

Activated astrocytes attenuate neocortical seizures in rodent models through driving Na+-K+-ATPase

J Zhao, J Sun, Y Zheng, Y Zheng, Y Shao, Y Li… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Epileptic seizures are widely regarded to occur as a result of the excitation-inhibition
imbalance from a neuro-centric view. Although astrocyte-neuron interactions are …

Epilepsy genetics: clinical impacts and biological insights

CA Ellis, S Petrovski, SF Berkovic - The Lancet Neurology, 2020 - thelancet.com
Genomics now has an increasingly important role in neurology clinics. Regarding the
epilepsies, innovations centred around technology, analytics, and collaboration have led to …

Electrophoretic drug delivery for seizure control

CM Proctor, A Slézia, A Kaszas, A Ghestem… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
The persistence of intractable neurological disorders necessitates novel therapeutic
solutions. We demonstrate the utility of direct in situ electrophoretic drug delivery to treat …

A comprehensive review of emerging trends and innovative therapies in epilepsy management

S Ghosh, JK Sinha, S Ghosh, H Sharma, R Bhaskar… - Brain Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Epilepsy is a complex neurological disorder affecting millions worldwide, with a substantial
number of patients facing drug-resistant epilepsy. This comprehensive review explores …

Controlling epileptiform activity with organic electronic ion pumps

A Williamson, J Rivnay, L Kergoat, A Jonsson… - Advanced …, 2015 - diva-portal.org
Figure 1. OEIP delivery of K+ directly to neural tissue to induce hyperexcitability a) Due to an
applied bias voltage, Vpump, cations are electrophoretically transported from the reservoir …

Neuroregenerative gene therapy to treat temporal lobe epilepsy in a rat model

J Zheng, T Li, S Qi, B Qin, J Yu, G Chen - Progress in neurobiology, 2022 - Elsevier
Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is a common drug-resistant epilepsy associated with
abundant cell death in the hippocampus. Here, we develop a novel gene therapy-mediated …