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Current Issues in Molecular BiologyWe profiled the gene expressions in the hypothalamic paraventricular nuclei of 12 male and 12 female pups from a standard rat model of infantile spasms to determine the sex dichotomy of the neurotransmission genomic fabrics.
Dumitru Andrei Iacobas +6 more
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Corticotropin (ACTH) acts directly on amygdala neurons to down-regulate corticotropin-releasing hormone gene expression. [PDF]
, 2001 The hormone corticotropin (ACTH) is employed as therapy for diverse neurological disorders, but the mechanisms for its efficacy remain unknown. ACTH promotes the release of adrenal steroids (glucocorticoids), and most ACTH effects on the central nervous ...
Adan +50 more
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The multiple hit model of infantile and epileptic spasms: The 2025 update
Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.Abstract Objective Infantile and epileptic spasms syndrome (IESS) is a developmental and epileptic encephalopathy manifesting with epileptic spasms and poor neurodevelopmental outcomes. There is an urgent need for the development of more effective and tolerated therapies.
Aristea S. Galanopoulou +6 more
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Pathophysiology of Infantile Spasms
Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1993 An age-specific endogenous-convulsant hypothesis implicating corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH), an excitant neuropeptide suppressed by ACTH/steroids, is proposed for the pathophysiology of massive infantile spasms in a report from the University of ...
J Gordon Millichap
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Infantile spasms: hypothesis-driven therapy and pilot human infant experiments using corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor antagonists. [PDF]
, 1999 Background and rationaleInfantile spasms (IS) are an age-specific seizure disorder occurring in 1:2,000 infants and associated with mental retardation in approximately 90% of affected individuals. The costs of IS in terms of loss of lifetime productivity
Baram, TZ +3 more
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Ketogenic diet for infantile epileptic spasms
Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.Abstract Approximately half of all cases of Infantile Epileptic Spasms Syndrome (IESS) do not respond to vigabatrin and hormonal therapies. There is no clear consensus as to the second‐line therapy for IESS. Ketogenic diet (KD) has emerged as an effective treatment for certain drug‐resistant epilepsies and in many cases of IESS.
Morris H. Scantlebury +3 more
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Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1993 The developmental, neurologic, and seizure outcome and prognostic factors of 57 cases of infantile spasms were evaluated in relation to etiology (cryptogenic 17 cases, symptomatic 40 cases) at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
J Gordon Millichap
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Nutritional vitamin B12 deficiency-associated Infantile epileptic spasms syndrome: Clinico-neurophysiological presentation, response to treatment, and neurodevelopmental outcome [PDF]
, 2023 Indar Kumar Sharawat +4 more
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How do the many etiologies of West syndrome lead to excitability and seizures? The corticotropin releasing hormone excess hypothesis. [PDF]
, 2001 West syndrome (WS) is associated with diverse etiological factors. This fact has suggested that there must be a 'final common pathway' for these etiologies, which operates on the immature brain to result in WS only at the maturational state present ...
Baram, TZ, Brunson, KL, Eghbal-Ahmadi, M
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Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.Abstract Objective Variants in KCNQ2 encoding the voltage‐gated potassium channel KV7.2 are associated with developmental and epileptic encephalopathy (DEE) of varying severity. This study examined the relationship of KCNQ2 variant dysfunction with the neurodevelopmental phenotype of individuals with KCNQ2‐DEE. Methods A parent‐reported survey gathered
Jessa S. Bidwell +4 more
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