2024
Slow and fast cortical cholinergic arousal is reduced in a mouse model of focal seizures with impaired consciousness
Sieu L, Singla S, Liu J, Zheng X, Sharafeldin A, Chandrasekaran G, Valcarce-Aspegren M, Niknahad A, Fu I, Doilicho N, Gummadavelli A, McCafferty C, Crouse R, Perrenoud Q, Picciotto M, Cardin J, Blumenfeld H. Slow and fast cortical cholinergic arousal is reduced in a mouse model of focal seizures with impaired consciousness. Cell Reports 2024, 43: 115012. PMID: 39643969, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.115012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCortical slow wavesFocal seizuresBehavioral responsesAuditory stimuliImpaired behavioral responsesFocal temporal lobe seizuresImpaired consciousnessMouse modelAwake mouse modelResponses to auditory stimuliBehavioral responses to auditory stimuliDecreased cortical arousalImpaired behaviorSlow wavesTemporal lobe seizuresCholinergic releaseModel of focal seizuresHigh-frequency activityCortical functionCortical arousalDepressed cortical functionSubcortical arousalArousalAcetylcholine releaseRat model
2010
Impaired consciousness in temporal lobe seizures: role of cortical slow activity
Englot DJ, Yang L, Hamid H, Danielson N, Bai X, Marfeo A, Yu L, Gordon A, Purcaro MJ, Motelow JE, Agarwal R, Ellens DJ, Golomb JD, Shamy MC, Zhang H, Carlson C, Doyle W, Devinsky O, Vives K, Spencer DD, Spencer SS, Schevon C, Zaveri HP, Blumenfeld H. Impaired consciousness in temporal lobe seizures: role of cortical slow activity. Brain 2010, 133: 3764-3777. PMID: 21081551, PMCID: PMC2995886, DOI: 10.1093/brain/awq316.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTemporal lobe seizuresSlow wave activityTemporal lobe epilepsySimple partial seizuresSubcortical arousal systemsImpaired consciousnessSeizure activityTemporal lobeLobe epilepsyArousal systemCortical functionFocal temporal lobe seizuresHz slow wave activityMesial temporal lobe epilepsyCortical slow activityDepressed cortical functionNetwork inhibition hypothesisTemporal lobe disordersComplex partial seizuresBilateral temporal lobesLanguage-dominant temporal lobeSlow wavesCortical-subcortical networksPowerful inhibitory effectIntracranial electroencephalography recordings