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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Epilepsia. 2021 Jan 4;62(Suppl 1):S32–S48. doi: 10.1111/epi.16796

TABLE 2.

Summary of studies examining steady-state gene and protein expression of circadian genes of interest in various animal models of epilepsy

Gene of interest Study reference Animal model of epilepsy Brain region examined mRNA level Protein level
Clock Matos et al. 201825 Rat pilocarpine model Hippocampus Reduced Not examined
Kim et al. 201826 Rat acute ECS model Frontal cortex Unaffected Reduced
Wallace et al. 201827 Kcna1-null mice Anterior hypothalamus Not examined Unaffected
Bmal1 Matos et al. 201825 Rat pilocarpine model Hippocampus Reduced Not examined
Kim et al. 201826 Rat acute ECS model Frontal cortex Reduced Reduced
Wallace et al. 201827 Kcna1-null mice Anterior hypothalamus Not examined Unaffected
Per1 Matos et al. 201825 Rat pilocarpine model Hippocampus Increased acutely; returned to wild-type level on chronic phase Not examined
Kim et al. 201826 Rat acute ECS model Frontal cortex Reduced Reduced
Wallace et al. 201827 Kcna1-null mice Anterior hypothalamus Not examined Unaffected
Eun et al. 201132 Mouse acute kainic acid or ECS treatment Hippocampus and neocortex Increased acutely and then returned to wild-type level Increased acutely
Rev-erbα Kim et al. 201826 Rat acute ECS model Frontal cortex Increased Increased
Yue et al. 202036 Mouse pilocarpine model Hippocampus and temporal neocortex Not examined Reduced
Rorα Kim et al. 201826 Rat acute ECS model Frontal cortex Reduced Reduced
Dbp Klugmann et al. 200634 Rat kainic acid model Hippocampus Reduced Not examined

Abbreviations: ECS, electroconvulsive seizure.