Recurrent epileptiform discharges in the medial entorhinal cortex of kainate-treated rats are differentially sensitive to antiseizure drugs.
Peter J WestGerald W SaundersPeggy BillingsleyMisty D SmithH Steve WhiteCameron S MetcalfKaren S WilcoxPublished in: Epilepsia (2018)
Taken together, these data suggest that epileptiform activity recorded from the superficial layers of the mEC in slices obtained from KA-rats is differentially sensitive to existing ASDs. The different sensitivities of REDs to these ASDs may reflect persistent molecular, cellular, and/or network-level changes resulting from disease. These data are expected to serve as a foundation upon which future therapeutics may be differentiated and assessed for potentially translatable efficacy in patients with refractory epilepsy.