Abstract
Pharmaco-resistant Epilepsy has been a major challenge for medical interventions in controlling seizures. To date, up to 33% of the patients with epilepsy do not show adequate response to anti-epileptic drugs even after prolonged combinatorial drug usage. Using microarray, this study explores the changes in hippocampal gene expression in the phenytoin-resistant pentylenetetrazol (PTZ)-kindled mouse model of epilepsy. Our results from mRNA microarray analysis show distinct gene expression profiles in the hippocampus of phenytoin-resistant and sensitive mice. Pathway enrichment analysis showed differential expression of genes involved in cholesterol biosynthesis in phenytoin-resistant and sensitive mice.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 485-490 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | NeuroMolecular Medicine |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2021 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Cholesterol
- Convulsion
- Drug-resistant epilepsy
- Microarray
- Neurological
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Molecular Medicine
- Neurology
- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience