TY - JOUR
T1 - Genetic animal models of malformations of cortical development and epilepsy
AU - Wong, Michael
AU - Roper, Steven N.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier B.V..
PY - 2016/2/15
Y1 - 2016/2/15
N2 - Malformations of cortical development constitute a variety of pathological brain abnormalities that commonly cause severe, medically-refractory epilepsy, including focal lesions, such as focal cortical dysplasia, heterotopias, and tubers of tuberous sclerosis complex, and diffuse malformations, such as lissencephaly. Although some cortical malformations result from environmental insults during cortical development in utero, genetic factors are increasingly recognized as primary pathogenic factors across the entire spectrum of malformations. Genes implicated in causing different cortical malformations are involved in a variety of physiological functions, but many are focused on regulation of cell proliferation, differentiation, and neuronal migration. Advances in molecular genetic methods have allowed the engineering of increasingly sophisticated animal models of cortical malformations and associated epilepsy. These animal models have identified some common mechanistic themes shared by a number of different cortical malformations, but also revealed the diversity and complexity of cellular and molecular mechanisms that lead to the development of the pathological lesions and resulting epileptogenesis.
AB - Malformations of cortical development constitute a variety of pathological brain abnormalities that commonly cause severe, medically-refractory epilepsy, including focal lesions, such as focal cortical dysplasia, heterotopias, and tubers of tuberous sclerosis complex, and diffuse malformations, such as lissencephaly. Although some cortical malformations result from environmental insults during cortical development in utero, genetic factors are increasingly recognized as primary pathogenic factors across the entire spectrum of malformations. Genes implicated in causing different cortical malformations are involved in a variety of physiological functions, but many are focused on regulation of cell proliferation, differentiation, and neuronal migration. Advances in molecular genetic methods have allowed the engineering of increasingly sophisticated animal models of cortical malformations and associated epilepsy. These animal models have identified some common mechanistic themes shared by a number of different cortical malformations, but also revealed the diversity and complexity of cellular and molecular mechanisms that lead to the development of the pathological lesions and resulting epileptogenesis.
KW - Focal cortical dysplasia
KW - Heterotopia
KW - Lissencephaly
KW - Mice
KW - Seizure
KW - Tuberous sclerosis
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2015.04.007
DO - 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2015.04.007
M3 - Review article
C2 - 25911067
AN - SCOPUS:84957438983
SN - 0165-0270
VL - 260
SP - 73
EP - 82
JO - Journal of Neuroscience Methods
JF - Journal of Neuroscience Methods
ER -