Epilepsy, Seizures and Underlying Mechanisms

Choy M, Dubé CM, Patterson K, Barnes SRS, Maras P, Blood AB, Hasso AN, Obenaus A,Baram TZ. A novel, non-invasive, predictive epilepsy biomarker with clinical potential. J Neurosci, 35:8672-84, 2014.

McClelland S, Brennan GP, Dube C, Rajpara S, Iyer S, Richichi C, Bernard C, Baram TZ. The transcription factor NRSF: contributes to epileptogenesis by selective repression of a subset of target genes. eLife, 3:e01267, 2014.

Noam Y, Ehrengruber MU, Koh A, Feyen P, Manders EM, Abbott GW, Wadman WJ,Baram TZ. Filamin A Promotes Dynamin-dependent Internalization of Hyperpolarization-activated Cyclic Nucleotide-gated Type 1 (HCN1) Channels and Restricts Ih in Hippocampal Neurons. J Biol Chem, 289:5889-903, 2014.

Vezzani A, French J, Bartfai T, Baram TZ. The role of inflammation in epilepsy. Nat Rev Neurol, 7:31-40, 2011.

McClelland S, Flynn C, Dubé C, RichichiC, ZhaQQ, Ghestem A, Esclapez M, Bernard C, Baram TZ. Neuron-restrictive silencer factor-mediated hyperpolarization activated, cyclic nucleotide gated channelopathy in experimental temporal lobe epilepsy. Ann Neurol, 70:454-65, 2011.

Noam Y, Bernard C, Baram TZ. Towards an integrated view of HCN channel role in epilepsy. Curr Opin Neurobiol, 21:873-79, 2011.

Dubé CM, Ravizza T, Hamamura M, Zha Q, Keebaugh A, Fok K, Andres AL, Nalcioglu O, Obenaus A, Vezzani A, Baram TZ. Epileptogenesis provoked by prolonged experimental febrile seizures: mechanisms and biomarkers. J Neurosci, 30:7484-94, 2010.

Noam Y, Zha Q, Phan L, Wu RL, Chetkovich DM, Wadman WJ, Baram TZ. Trafficking and surface expression of the hyperpolarization-activated nucleotide-gated channels in hippocampal neurons. J Biol Chem, 285:14724-36, 2010.

Richichi C, Brewster AL, Bender RA, Simeone TA, Zha Q, Yin HZ, Weiss JH, Baram TZ. Mechanisms of seizure-induced ‘transcriptional channelopathy’ of hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide gated (HCN) channels. Neurobiol Dis, 29:297-305, 2008.

Dube C, Brewster AL, Richichi, C, Zha QQ, Baram TZ. Fever, febrile seizures and epilepsy. Trends Neurosci, 30:490-96, 2007.

Bender RA, Kirschstein T, Kretz O, Brewster AL, Richichi C, Rüschenschmidt C, Shigemoto R, Beck H, Frotscher M, Baram TZ. Localization of HCN1 channels to presynaptic compartments: novel plasticity that may contribute to hippocampal maturation. J Neurosci, 27:4697-706, 2007.

Dubé C, Richichi C, Bender RA, Chung G, Litt B, Baram TZ. Temporal lobe epilepsy after experimental prolonged febrile seizures: prospective analysis. Brain, 129:911-22, 2006.

Dubé C, Vezzani A, Behrens M, Bartfai T, Baram TZ. Interleukin 1ß contributes to the generation of experimental febrile seizures. Ann Neurol, 57:152-55, 2005.

Dubé C, Yu H, Nalcioglu O, Baram TZ. Serial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) after experimental febrile seizures: altered T2 signal does not signify neuronal death. Ann Neurol, 56:709-14, 2004.

Bender RA, Soleymani SV, Brewster AL, Nguyen ST, Beck H, Mathern GW, Baram TZ. Enhanced expression of specific HCN in surviving dentate gyrus granule cells of human and experimental epileptic hippocampus. J Neurosci, 23:6826-36, 2003.

Santoro B, Baram TZ. The multiple personalities of the H Channels. Trends Neurosci, 26:550-54, 2003.

Brewster A, Bender RA, Chen Y, Eghbal-Ahmadi M, Dubé C, Baram TZ. Developmental febrile seizures modulate hippocampal gene expression of HCN channels in an isoform and cell-specific manner. J Neurosci, 22:4591-99, 2002.

Chen K, Aradi I, Eghbal-Ahmadi M, Baram TZ, Soltesz I. Persistently modified H-channels after complex febrile seizures convert seizure-induced enhancement of inhibition into hyperexcitability. Nature Medicine,73:331-77, 2001.

Dubé C, Chen K, Eghbal-Ahmadi M, Brunson K, Soltesz I, Baram TZ. Prolonged febrile seizures in the immature rat model enhance hippocampal excitability long-term.  Ann Neurol, 47:336-44, 2000.

Chen K, Baram TZ, Soltesz I. Febrile Seizures in the developing brain result in persistent modification of neuronal excitability in limbic circuits. Nature Medicine, 5:888-94, 1999.

Baram TZ, Hatalski CG. Neuropeptide-mediated excitability: a key triggering mechanism for seizure generation in the developing brain. Trends Neurosci, 21:471-76, 1998.

Toth Z, Yan XX, Heftoglu S, Ribak CE, Baram TZ. Seizure-induced neuronal injury: vulnerability to febrile seizures in an immature rat model. J Neurosci, 18:4285-94, 1998.

Baram TZ, Mitchell WG, Tournay A, Snead OC, Hanson RA, Horton EJ. High-dose corticotropin (ACTH) versus prednisone for infantile spasms: a prospective, randomized, blinded study. Pediatrics, 97:375-9, 1996.