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Biomarkers for epileptogenesis and its treatment.

Abstract：

:There are no pharmacological interventions to prevent the development of epilepsy, although many promising compounds have been identified in the animal laboratory. Clinical trials to validate their effectiveness, however, would currently be prohibitively expensive due to the large subject population and duration of follow-up necessary. There is, therefore, the need to identify biomarkers of epileptogenesis that could identify patients at high risk for epilepsy following a potential epileptogenic insult to enrich the subject population, as well as biomarkers that could determine the effectiveness of therapeutic intervention without the need to wait for seizures to occur. Putative biomarkers under investigation for epileptogenesis and its treatment include genetic, molecular, cellular, imaging, and electrophysiological measures that might reliably predict the development or progression of an epileptic condition, the effects of antiepileptogenic treatment, or cure after surgery. To be clinically useful for most purposes, ideal biomarkers should be noninvasive, and it is anticipated that a profile of multiple biomarkers will likely be required. Ongoing animal research involves a number of experimental models of epileptogenesis, with traumatic brain injury, offering the best potential for translational clinical investigations. Collaborative and multicenter research efforts by multidisciplinary teams of basic and clinical neuroscientists with access to robust, well-defined animal models, extensive patient populations, standardized protocols, and cutting-edge analytical methodologies are likely to be most successful. Such biomarker research should also provide insights into fundamental neuronal mechanisms of epileptogenesis suggesting novel targets for antiepileptogenic treatments. This article is part of the special issue entitled 'New Epilepsy Therapies for the 21st Century - From Antiseizure Drugs to Prevention, Modification and Cure of Epilepsy'.

journal_name

Neuropharmacology

journal_title

Neuropharmacology

authors

Engel J Jr,Pitkänen A

doi

10.1016/j.neuropharm.2019.107735

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-05-01 00:00:00

pages

107735

eissn

0028-3908

issn

1873-7064

pii

S0028-3908(19)30294-1

journal_volume

167

pub_type

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Biomarkers for epileptogenesis and its treatment.