Nature Communications (Aug 2019)

Glia-neuron interactions underlie state transitions to generalized seizures

  • Carmen Diaz Verdugo,
  • Sverre Myren-Svelstad,
  • Ecem Aydin,
  • Evelien Van Hoeymissen,
  • Celine Deneubourg,
  • Silke Vanderhaeghe,
  • Julie Vancraeynest,
  • Robbrecht Pelgrims,
  • Mehmet Ilyas Cosacak,
  • Akira Muto,
  • Caghan Kizil,
  • Koichi Kawakami,
  • Nathalie Jurisch-Yaksi,
  • Emre Yaksi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11739-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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During epileptic seizures, neural activity across the brain switches into a hyperactive and hypersynchronized state. Here, the authors report on the role of glia-glia and glia-neuron interactions in mediating the changes that result in the ictal state in a zebrafish model of epilepsy.