It is the lower lobe of the cortex and has associations with several conditions. Studies in experimental animal models suggest that the initiation of a seizure is characterized by two concurrent events in an aggregate of neurons: high-frequency bursts of action potentials and hypersynchronization (Lowenstein, 2001). Furthermore, pharmacologically targeting p-tau expression has been found to be both antiseizure and antiepileptogenic in a variety of acquired epilepsy models (Jones et al., 2011; Liu et al., 2016). There are several indications that HS plays an important contributing role in TLE. Although these electrical stimulation post-SE models are useful for antiepileptogenesis and biomarker discovery studies and nicely reproduce various aspects of MTLE, several important aspects differ from the patient. We report on 3 patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy as the first, predominant clinical indication, and in 2 of the patients so far the sole clinical symptom of the disease. Cell death in both the anterior and posterior hippocampal segments has been associated with regional mesial temporal onsets (Babb et al., 1984). 4, 52–62. Due to the loss of mossy cells, which form excitatory synapses on basket cells in the dentate gyrus (see Fig. We use cookies to help provide and enhance our service and tailor content and ads. These results suggest that activation of group I mGluRs in O-LM interneurons generates intrinsic, sodium channel-independent oscillations. Parts (E) and (F) are from Govindaiah, G., Kang, Y.-J., Lewis, H.E.S., Chung, L., Clement, E.M., Greenfield, L.J., Garcia-Rill, E., Lee, S.-H., 2018. Recently a number of CDEs that define several post-SE models have become available (www.EPITARGET.eu). Neuroscience 149, 131–143. What causes temporal lobe epilepsy? After the seizure: 3.1. The hallmark of AQP4 expression in the CNS is its polarized expression at astrocyte endfeet ensheathing blood vessels.40,41,140 Loss of such polarization is associated with pathology in mesial TLE as discussed above.118 During seizures, there is focal swelling in the area of the seizure focus23,74; and the putative effect of loss of the perivascular pool of AQP4 would be to slow water egress from astrocyte to capillary leading to local astrocyte swelling, ECS constriction, and increased excitability.3. Moreover, this model demonstrates neuroanatomical remodeling and cell death within the hippocampus that is consistent with clinical TLE. Whereas the idea behind ANT stimulation is to disrupt seizure propagation through a limbic network, hippocampal stimulation is aimed at disrupting the epileptogenic focus itself. Surgery. This variability can be reduced when the duration of the SE is restricted by discontinuation of the SE by an anesthetic drug(s) within the first 4 h of SE. ### Case histories. There is still a lot of debate about the mechanisms underlying development and intractability of TLE, but it is generally believed that limbic structures such as the hippocampus, the amygdala, and the temporal neocortex play crucial roles. Mesial temporal sclerosis is the loss of neurons and scarring of the deepest portion of the temporal lobe and is associated with certain brain injuries. The intrahippocampal kainic acid (KA) mouse model of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) recapitulates many of the characteristics observed in human patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). Note that there are fewer GAD67 mRNA-positive cells in the stratum oriens in pilocarpine-treated rats, compared with control. Before the seizure: 1.1. ), Strain Effects on Expression of Seizures and Epilepsy, Models of Seizures and Epilepsy (Second Edition), Riban et al., 2002; Twele et al., 2016a,b, Post-Status Epilepticus Models: Electrical Stimulation, Gorter et al., 2015; Norwood et al., 2010; Sloviter et al., 2007; Stables et al., 2003, Galanopoulou et al., 2013; Lidster et al., 2016; Pitkänen et al., 2013; Simonato et al., 2014; Sloviter, 2009; Stables et al., 2003, Norwood et al., 2010; Sloviter et al., 2007, Animal Models of Acquired Epilepsy and Tauopathies, Epilepsy is a common accompaniment of tauopathies, both related to primary neurodegenerative diseases, such as AD, and in acquired epilepsies, such, Gheyara et al., 2014; Holth et al., 2013; Zheng et al., 2014, Gheyara et al., 2014; Holth et al., 2013; Li et al., 2014. It is both a cause and an effect of temporal lobe epilepsy. Temporal lobectomy is a surgical procedure to remove the brain tissue in the temporal lobe that is causing the seizures. The condition called mesial temporal sclerosis is closely related to temporal lobe epilepsy, a type of partial (focal) epilepsy in which the seizure initiation point can be identified within the temporal lobe of the brain. HS is the most common lesion observed in patients with refractory TLE and is found in 60%–70% of the cases referred for surgical evaluation (Lewis, 2005). MTLE typically causes seizures that last 30 seconds to two minutes and may include: 1. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the video electroencephalography recordings, SPECT studies, and MR images of 32 MTLE patients and of a … MTLE is the most common type of epilepsy and is often characterized by the sense of an aura immediately preceding the seizure. A 24 h stimulation protocol in mice (applied under anesthesia) also leads to hippocampal sclerosis and spontaneous seizures (Kienzler et al., 2009). In human TLE, hippocampal sclerosis is evident in the dentate, CA3, and CA1 with selective cell loss and gliosis as shown in Fig. The hypothesis on TLE development covers three phases: an initial precipitating insult of the brain, such as head trauma, status epilepticus, stroke, inflammation, or febrile seizures, initiates a cascade of events; a period of epileptogenesis during which several processes (either molecular or structural) occur; and chronic epilepsy characterized by the occurrence of recurrent seizures. Fig. The new neurons also form abnormal connections, with abnormal growth of basal dendrites and sprouted mossy fibers resulting in recurrent excitatory loops (for a review see Kempermann, 2006). Thus there is a subpopulation of patients with refractory mesial temporal epilepsy for whom resective surgery is not an option, but who may respond to epileptogenic disruption via hippocampal DBS. The structures include the hippocampus, the parahippocampus, and the amygdala. However, seizures themselves can cause or aggravate HS (Sutula et al., 2003). In many animal models for TLE it has been found that seizures result in increased proliferation of neural stem and progenitor cells with ectopic migration of immature neurons toward the hilus. A clear seizure-free latent period was only observed in male NMRI mice, but not in female NMRI, B6, or FVB/N mice. The intrahippocampal kainate mouse model of mesial TLE is increasingly used in the search for antiseizure and antiepileptogenic drugs (Löscher, 2016). However, neither of the previously described models of pharmacoresistant seizures is associated with spontaneous recurrent seizures, an essential caveat of an etiologically relevant model of epilepsy. Moreover, the mesial temporal lobes tend to be the site of origin of close to 80% of all temporal lobe … Temporal lobe seizures begin in the temporal lobes of your brain, which process emotions and are important for short-term memory. Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy is the most common form of human epilepsy, and its pathophysiological substrate is usually hippocampal sclerosis, the most common epileptogenic lesion encountered in patients with epilepsy. The complete disconnection of the epileptogenic neural networks in the mesial temporal lobe determines the success of resective surgery. -. Wolfgang Löscher, ... T.N. see Temporal lobe epilepsy surgery. For example, in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease, loss of AQP4 from endfoot membranes at sites of perivascular amyloid deposits was observed.141 Such subcellular alterations could lead to perturbation of local water and K+ homeostasis in affected brain regions, and thus contribute to cognitive decline and seizure susceptibility. Temporal lobe resection, also called temporal lobectomy, is a surgery that can lower the number of seizures you have, make them less severe, or even stop them from happening. Hyperexcitability and spontaneous seizures in mesial TLE stem from structural and functional changes in the temporal lobe (Alexander et al., 2016; Dengler and Coulter, 2016). Jan A. Gorter, Erwin A. van Vliet, in Models of Seizures and Epilepsy (Second Edition), 2017. Importantly, O-LM interneurons are critically involved in the generation of ictal discharges (Ziburkus et al., 2006), and group I metabotropic glutamate receptors contribute to vulnerability of hippocampal interneurons to excitotoxicity in seizures (Sanon et al., 2010). The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) recognizes two main types of temporal lobe epilepsy: mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE), arising in the hippocampus, the parahippocampal gyrus and the amygdala which are located in the inner aspect of the temporal lobe and lateral temporal lobe epilepsy (LTLE), the rarer type, arising in the neocortex at the outer surface of the temporal lobe. The temporal lobe is one of the four major lobes of the cerebral cortex. A CPS is often preceded by an aura. 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