Seizure susceptibility in Alzheimer’s disease
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Epileptic seizures in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients are rare but still approximately 8 times more common than in the general age-matched population. Experimental and clinical studies have suggested the epileptogenic potential of Aβ, which might represent a principal responsible for the epileptic-like discharges and cognitive decline observed in AD. In addition, an increase in cortical excitability has been demonstrated in AD animal models that may be due to an imbalance of excitatory/inhibitory synaptic transmission. Cortical hyperexcitability has also been demonstrated in the human EEG by the presence of a high proportion of fast oscillatory activities. This review tries to show the mechanisms involved in the generation of the epileptic seizures observed in AD and have been widely studied in animal models. Unfortunately, the EEG analysis in AD is not a standard procedure in clinical practice. Nevertheless, seizures and other electroencephalographic abnormalities are commonly found in AD patients. We suggest that EEG studies in these patients could help to an early diagnosis and inform about the evolution of this disease and their possible cognitive deterioration.
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REYES-MARIN, Karen E.; ZEGARRA-VALDIVIA, Jonathan A.; NUÑEZ, Angel.
Seizure susceptibility in Alzheimer’s disease.
Medical Research Archives, [S.l.], v. 9, n. 5, may 2021.
ISSN 2375-1924.
Available at: <https://esmed.org/MRA/mra/article/view/2400>. Date accessed: 21 nov. 2024.
doi: https://doi.org/10.18103/mra.v9i5.2400.
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35. Mizukami K, Grayson DR, Ikonomovic MD, Sheffield R, Armstrong DM. GABAA receptor beta 2 and beta 3 subunits mRNA in the hippocampal formation of aged human brain with Alzheimer-related neuropathology. Brain Res Mol Brain Res. 1998;56(1-2):268-72.
36. Garcia-Marin V, Blazquez-Llorca L, Rodriguez JR, Boluda S, Muntane G, Ferrer I, et al. Diminished perisomatic GABAergic terminals on cortical neurons adjacent to amyloid plaques. Front Neuroanat. 2009;3:28.
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38. Tait L, Tamagnini F, Stothart G, Barvas E, Monaldini C, Frusciante R, et al. EEG microstate complexity for aiding early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. Sci Rep. 2020;10(1):17627.
39. Jankowsky JL, Fadale DJ, Anderson J, Xu GM, Gonzales V, Jenkins NA, et al. Mutant presenilins specifically elevate the levels of the 42 residue beta-amyloid peptide in vivo: evidence for augmentation of a 42-specific gamma secretase. Hum Mol Genet. 2004;13(2):159-70.
40. Reyes-Marin KE, Nunez A. Seizure susceptibility in the APP/PS1 mouse model of Alzheimer's disease and relationship with amyloid beta plaques. Brain Res. 2017;1677:93-100.
41. Westmark CJ, Westmark PR, Beard AM, Hildebrandt SM, Malter JS. Seizure susceptibility and mortality in mice that over-express amyloid precursor protein. Int J Clin Exp Pathol. 2008;1(2):157-68.
42. Minkeviciene R, Rheims S, Dobszay MB, Zilberter M, Hartikainen J, Fulop L, et al. Amyloid beta-induced neuronal hyperexcitability triggers progressive epilepsy. J Neurosci. 2009;29(11):3453-62.
43. Chin J, Scharfman HE. Shared cognitive and behavioral impairments in epilepsy and Alzheimer's disease and potential underlying mechanisms. Epilepsy Behav. 2013;26(3):343-51.
44. Chan J, Jones NC, Bush AI, O'Brien TJ, Kwan P. A mouse model of Alzheimer's disease displays increased susceptibility to kindling and seizure-associated death. Epilepsia. 2015;56(6):e73-7.
45. Roberson ED, Scearce-Levie K, Palop JJ, Yan F, Cheng IH, Wu T, et al. Reducing endogenous tau ameliorates amyloid beta-induced deficits in an Alzheimer's disease mouse model. Science. 2007;316(5825):750-4.
46. Gureviciene I, Ishchenko I, Ziyatdinova S, Jin N, Lipponen A, Gurevicius K, et al. Characterization of Epileptic Spiking Associated With Brain Amyloidosis in APP/PS1 Mice. Front Neurol. 2019;10:1151.
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