Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38507477›Full record

ArticleScience advances2024

Termination of convulsion seizures by destabilizing and perturbing seizure memory engrams.

Shirong Lai, Libo Zhang, Xinyu Tu, Xinyue Ma, Yujing Song, Kexin Cao, Miaomiao Li, Jihong Meng, Yiqiang Shi, Qing Wu and 8 more

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Science advances, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Post-Ictal Sleep Changes in Human Focal Epilepsy.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2026
    Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Review
  6. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Shirong LaiState Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China.ORCID 0009-0008-7615-0861
Libo ZhangNational Institute on Drug Dependence and Beijing Key Laboratory of Drug Dependence, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6829-1452
Xinyu TuState Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China.ORCID 0009-0006-6203-366X
Xinyue MaState Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6114-1593
Yujing SongState Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0174-2842
Kexin CaoNational Institute on Drug Dependence and Beijing Key Laboratory of Drug Dependence, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0857-2428
Miaomiao LiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110022, China.
Jihong MengDepartment of Neurosurgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110022, China.
Yiqiang ShiState Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China.ORCID 0009-0006-9615-7468
Qing WuSchool of Health Management, Xihua University, Chengdu 610039, China.ORCID 0009-0004-0976-8718
Chen YangState Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China.
Zifan LanState Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China.
Chunyue Geoffrey LauDepartment of Neuroscience, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9750-2514
Jie ShiNational Institute on Drug Dependence and Beijing Key Laboratory of Drug Dependence, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6567-8160
Weining MaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110022, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7359-6835
Shaoyi LiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110022, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0868-0912
Yan-Xue XueNational Institute on Drug Dependence and Beijing Key Laboratory of Drug Dependence, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2979-0045
Zhuo HuangState Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9198-4778
Peking University · CNChina Medical University · CNXihua University · CNCity University of Hong Kong · HK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epileptogenesis, arising from alterations in synaptic strength, shares mechanistic and phenotypic parallels with memory formation. However, direct evidence supporting the existence of seizure memory remains scarce. Leveraging a conditioned seizure memory (CSM) paradigm, we found that CSM enabled the environmental cue to trigger seizure repetitively, and activating cue-responding engram cells could generate CSM artificially. Moreover, cue exposure initiated an analogous process of memory reconsolidation driven by mammalian target of rapamycin-brain-derived neurotrophic factor signaling. Pharmacological targeting of the mammalian target of rapamycin pathway within a limited time window reduced seizures in animals and interictal epileptiform discharges in patients with refractory seizures. Our findings reveal a causal link between seizure memory engrams and seizures, which leads us to a deeper understanding of epileptogenesis and points to a promising direction for epilepsy treatment.

Indexed as

ElectroencephalographyEpilepsyAnimalsHumansMammalsSeizuresSirolimusTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesSirolimusTOR Serine-Threonine Kinases

Identifiers

PMID38507477
PMCPMC10954199
OpenAlexW4392982974

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.