Seminar · Molecular Neuroscience
JAK/STAT regulation of the transcriptomic response during epileptogenesis
Amy Brooks-Kayal · Children's Hospital Colorado / UC Davis
Wed, Dec 15, 2021 · 16:00 UTC
Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is a progressive disorder mediated by pathological changes in molecular cascades and neural circuit remodeling in the hippocampus resulting in increased susceptibility to spontaneous seizures and cognitive dysfunction. Targeting these cascades could prevent or reverse symptom progression and has the potential to provide viable disease-modifying treatments that could reduce the portion of TLE patients (>30%) not responsive to current medical therapies. Changes in GABA(A) receptor subunit expression have been implicated in the pathogenesis of TLE, and the Janus Kinas