2021
Small loci of astroglial glutamine synthetase deficiency in the postnatal brain cause epileptic seizures and impaired functional connectivity
Farina MG, Sandhu MRS, Parent M, Sanganahalli BG, Derbin M, Dhaher R, Wang H, Zaveri HP, Zhou Y, Danbolt NC, Hyder F, Eid T. Small loci of astroglial glutamine synthetase deficiency in the postnatal brain cause epileptic seizures and impaired functional connectivity. Epilepsia 2021, 62: 2858-2870. PMID: 34536233, PMCID: PMC9006438, DOI: 10.1111/epi.17072.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostnatal brainFunctional connectivityContinuous video-electroencephalographic recordingSpontaneous recurrent seizuresPathogenesis of epilepsyGlutamine synthetase deficiencyVideo-electroencephalographic recordingsSpecific animal modelsEx vivo studySeizure thresholdAdult patientsRecurrent seizuresFocal epilepsyAdeno-associated virusHippocampal formationAnimal modelsFocal mannerEpileptic seizuresGS deficiencySmall lociSynthetase deficiencyEpilepsyGradual returnVivo studiesBrain
2013
A Cool Intervention for Posttraumatic Epilepsy
Eid T. A Cool Intervention for Posttraumatic Epilepsy. Science Translational Medicine 2013, 5 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3006347.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2004
Loss of glutamine synthetase in the human epileptogenic hippocampus: possible mechanism for raised extracellular glutamate in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy
Eid T, Thomas M, Spencer D, Rundén-Pran E, Lai J, Malthankar G, Kim J, Danbolt N, Ottersen O, de Lanerolle N. Loss of glutamine synthetase in the human epileptogenic hippocampus: possible mechanism for raised extracellular glutamate in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. The Lancet 2004, 363: 28-37. PMID: 14723991, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(03)15166-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMesial temporal lobe epilepsyTemporal lobe epilepsyMTLE hippocampiLobe epilepsyExtracellular glutamateHigh extracellular glutamate concentrationsAnteromedial temporal lobeHuman epileptogenic hippocampusExtracellular glutamate accumulationResolution of seizuresExtracellular glutamate concentrationGlial glutamate transportersMeans of immunohistochemistryEpileptogenic hippocampusSurgical resectionSeizure generationGlutamate homeostasisTemporal lobeAstroglial proliferationEpileptic seizuresGlutamate transportersHippocampusTherapeutic interventionsGlutamate concentrationWestern blot