GYS1 Antisense Therapy Prevents Disease-Driving Aggregates and Epileptiform Discharges in a Lafora Disease Mouse Model

GYS1 Antisense Therapy Inhibits Pathogenic Aggregates and Epileptiform Discharges in a Mouse Model of Lafora Disease Background and Objectives Lafora disease (LD) is a devastating autosomal recessive genetic disorder characterized by epilepsy and rapidly progressive dementia in adolescence. The disease primarily involves mutations in the EPM2A or E...

Expanded Clinical Phenotype Spectrum Correlates with Variant Function in SCN2A-Related Disorders

Dysfunctional spectrum associated with clinical phenotype expansion in SCN2A-related disorders This paper was written by scholars including Anne T. Berg, Christopher H. Thompson, Leah Schust Myers, Erica Anderson, Lindsey Evans, Ariela J. E. Kaiser, Katherine Paltell, Amanda N. Nili, Jean-Marc L. Dekeyser, Tatiana V. Abramova, Gerry Nesbitt, Shawn ...

Demonstration of Group-Level and Individual-Level Efficacy Using Time-to-Event Designs for Clinical Trials of Antiseizure Medications

Time-to-Event Design in Clinical Trials and Efficacy of Anti-Epileptic Drugs at Group and Individual Levels Background The significance of anti-epileptic drugs (ASM) in treating refractory epilepsy cannot be ignored. However, the current parallel assignment, randomized, placebo-controlled trial (RCT) designs have been in use for many years, requiri...

Application of Gene Therapy in Focal Cortical Dysplasia

New Gene Therapy Approach May Control Epileptic Seizures Caused by Focal Cortical Dysplasia Focal Cortical Dysplasia (FCD) is a type of disorder caused by abnormal cortical development, often accompanied by drug-resistant epilepsy and cognitive and behavioral disorders. According to the classification criteria proposed by Najm et al. in 2022 for th...

Low-Frequency Stimulation at the Subiculum Prevents Extensive Secondary Epileptogenesis in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

In the field of neuroscience, epilepsy has always been a disease of great concern, with significant challenges remaining in clinical research and treatment. Among these, the issue of secondary epileptogenesis has had a profound impact on academia and clinical treatment. Secondary epileptogenesis refers to the continuous spread of epileptic activity...

Multisensory Flicker Modulates Widespread Brain Networks and Reduces Interictal Epileptiform Discharges

Multisensory Flicker Modulates Widespread Brain Networks and Reduces Interictal Epileptiform Discharges

Research Report on Multi-sensory Flicker Regulating Extensive Brain Networks and Reducing Interictal Epileptiform Discharges Background Introduction In treating neurological disorders, modulating brain oscillations has great potential. Non-invasive interventions, suitable for everyday use at home, have become the focus of the scientific community, ...

Functional Connectivity Alterations in Patients with Post-Stroke Epilepsy Based on Source-Level EEG and Graph Theory

Research Report on Changes in Functional Connectivity in Post-Stroke Epilepsy (PSE) Patients Based on Source-Level EEG and Graph Theory Research Background Epilepsy has various etiologies, including idiopathic, congenital, head trauma, central nervous system infections, brain tumors, neurodegenerative diseases, and cerebrovascular diseases. Among t...

Spatiotemporal Responses to Emotional Conflict and Its Psychiatric Correlates in Adolescents with Epilepsy Using Magnetoencephalography

Spatiotemporal Responses to Emotional Conflict and Its Psychiatric Correlates in Adolescents with Epilepsy Using Magnetoencephalography

Spatio-Temporal Responses of Emotional Conflict and Psychiatric Correlation in Adolescent Epilepsy Patients Research Background Epilepsy patients often experience comorbid mental disorders such as depression and anxiety, which negatively impact their quality of life. Emotional regulation is a critical cognitive process that is frequently impaired i...

The Role of EEG Microstates in Predicting Oxcarbazepine Treatment Outcomes in Patients with Newly-Diagnosed Focal Epilepsy

The Role of EEG Microstates in Predicting Oxcarbazepine Treatment Outcomes in Patients with Newly-Diagnosed Focal Epilepsy

The Role of EEG Microstates in Predicting the Therapeutic Outcomes of Oxcarbazepine in Newly Diagnosed Focal Epilepsy Patients Introduction Background Focal epilepsy is the most common type of epilepsy, accounting for about 60% of all epilepsy cases. The selection of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) varies depending on the type of epilepsy. In the treatm...

YEATS2 Knockdown Impairs Dopaminergic Synaptic Integrity and Leads to Seizure-like Behaviors in Drosophila Melanogaster

A Study on the Effect of YEATS2 Gene Knockdown on Dopaminergic Synaptic Integrity and Epileptic-like Behavior in Drosophila Background Introduction Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder characterized by abnormal electrical activities in the brain. These abnormal activities can lead to seizures and other neurological symptoms. Familial adult my...