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"While in
simple neural culture systems this may be the case, in animal models where REST/NRSF
expression varies by age, brain region, and cell type, the role of REST/NRSF in the
pathology of seizures and epilepsy becomes more complex, as demonstrated in studies where
seizure-induced REST activation triggers a reduction in HCN1 channels that is associated
with the generation of unprovoked seizures and memory defects in animal models of
epilepsy."
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"This hypothesis may also explain the clinical phenomenon that among drug-resistant mesial temporal lobe epilepsy patients, hippocampal REST/NRSF level is proportional to seizure frequency, where epilepsy-inducing insults may precipitate seizures as REST/NRSF, at a higher level, represses hcn1 to a larger extent (Navarrete-Modesto et al., 2019)."