5-HT/GABA interaction in epilepsy.

Abstract

Epilepsy is a neurological condition characterized by synchronous neuronal oscillations (seizures) in the electroencephalogram. Seizures are classified in focal or generalized (depending on the brain territory interested during seizures), and in convulsive and/or not convulsive (depending on the presence or not of involuntary movements). The current pharmacological treatments are mainly based on GABA modulation although different neurotransmitters are also involved in epilepsy, including serotonin. However despite much extensive progress in the understanding of epilepsy mechanisms, still, a percentage of people with epilepsy are pharmaco-resistant calling for the need for new therapeutic targets. Here we review preclinical and human evidence showing that serotonin modulates epilepsy that this likely happens via a major modulation/interaction with GABA.

• Authors: Gabriele Deidda, Vincenzo Crunelli, Giuseppe Di Giovanni
• Journal: Progress in brain research (Prog Brain Res) Vol. 259 Pg. 265-286 ( 2021) ISSN: 1875-7855 [Electronic] Netherlands
• PMID: 33541679 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Review)
• Copyright: © 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Chemical References

• Neurotransmitter Agents
• Serotonin
• gamma-Aminobutyric Acid

Topics

• Brain
• Epilepsy (drug therapy)
• Humans
• Neurotransmitter Agents
• Serotonin
• gamma-Aminobutyric Acid