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Depolarized GABAergic Signaling in Subicular Microcircuits Mediates Generalized Seizure in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Neuron 2017. [PMID: 28648501 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Secondary generalized seizure (sGS) is a major source of disability in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) with unclear cellular/circuit mechanisms. Here we found that clinical TLE patients with sGS showed reduced volume specifically in the subiculum compared with those without sGS. Further, using optogenetics and extracellular electrophysiological recording in mouse models, we found that photoactivation of subicular GABAergic neurons retarded sGS acquisition by inhibiting the firing of pyramidal neurons. Once sGS had been stably acquired, photoactivation of GABAergic neurons aggravated sGS expression via depolarized GABAergic signaling. Subicular parvalbumin, but not somatostatin subtype GABAergic, neurons were easily depolarized in sGS expression. Finally, photostimulation of subicular pyramidal neurons genetically targeted with proton pump Arch, rather than chloride pump NpHR3.0, alleviated sGS expression. These results demonstrated that depolarized GABAergic signaling in subicular microcircuit mediates sGS in TLE. This may be of therapeutic interest in understanding the pathological neuronal circuitry underlying sGS. VIDEO ABSTRACT.
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Proix T, Bartolomei F, Guye M, Jirsa VK. Individual brain structure and modelling predict seizure propagation. Brain 2017; 140:641-654. [PMID: 28364550 PMCID: PMC5837328 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awx004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2016] [Accepted: 12/03/2016] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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See Lytton (doi:10.1093/awx018) for a scientific commentary on this article.Neural network oscillations are a fundamental mechanism for cognition, perception and consciousness. Consequently, perturbations of network activity play an important role in the pathophysiology of brain disorders. When structural information from non-invasive brain imaging is merged with mathematical modelling, then generative brain network models constitute personalized in silico platforms for the exploration of causal mechanisms of brain function and clinical hypothesis testing. We here demonstrate with the example of drug-resistant epilepsy that patient-specific virtual brain models derived from diffusion magnetic resonance imaging have sufficient predictive power to improve diagnosis and surgery outcome. In partial epilepsy, seizures originate in a local network, the so-called epileptogenic zone, before recruiting other close or distant brain regions. We create personalized large-scale brain networks for 15 patients and simulate the individual seizure propagation patterns. Model validation is performed against the presurgical stereotactic electroencephalography data and the standard-of-care clinical evaluation. We demonstrate that the individual brain models account for the patient seizure propagation patterns, explain the variability in postsurgical success, but do not reliably augment with the use of patient-specific connectivity. Our results show that connectome-based brain network models have the capacity to explain changes in the organization of brain activity as observed in some brain disorders, thus opening up avenues towards discovery of novel clinical interventions.
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- Timothée Proix
- Aix Marseille Univ, Inserm, INS, Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, Inserm, INS, Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes, Marseille, France.,Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille, Hôpital de la Timone, Service de Neurophysiologie Clinique, CHU, 13005 Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université, Centre de Résonance Magnétique et Biologique et Médicale (CRMBM, UMR CNRS-AMU 7339), Medical School of Marseille, 13005, Marseille, France.,Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille, Hôpital de la Timone, CEMEREM, Pôle d'Imagerie Médicale, CHU, 13005, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, Inserm, INS, Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes, Marseille, France
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Hippocampal TNFα Signaling Contributes to Seizure Generation in an Infection-Induced Mouse Model of Limbic Epilepsy. eNeuro 2017; 4:eN-NWR-0105-17. [PMID: 28497109 PMCID: PMC5422919 DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0105-17.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2017] [Accepted: 03/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Central nervous system infection can induce epilepsy that is often refractory to established antiseizure drugs. Previous studies in the Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV)-induced mouse model of limbic epilepsy have demonstrated the importance of inflammation, especially that mediated by tumor necrosis factor-α (TNFα), in the development of acute seizures. TNFα modulates glutamate receptor trafficking via TNF receptor 1 (TNFR1) to cause increased excitatory synaptic transmission. Therefore, we hypothesized that an increase in TNFα signaling after TMEV infection might contribute to acute seizures. We found a significant increase in both mRNA and protein levels of TNFα and the protein expression ratio of TNF receptors (TNFR1:TNFR2) in the hippocampus, a brain region most likely involved in seizure initiation, after TMEV infection, which suggests that TNFα signaling, predominantly through TNFR1, may contribute to limbic hyperexcitability. An increase in hippocampal cell-surface glutamate receptor expression was also observed during acute seizures. Although pharmacological inhibition of TNFR1-mediated signaling had no effect on acute seizures, several lines of genetically modified animals deficient in either TNFα or TNFRs had robust changes in seizure incidence and severity after TMEV infection. TNFR2-/- mice were highly susceptible to developing acute seizures, suggesting that TNFR2-mediated signaling may provide beneficial effects during the acute seizure period. Taken together, the present results suggest that inflammation in the hippocampus, caused predominantly by TNFα signaling, contributes to hyperexcitability and acute seizures after TMEV infection. Pharmacotherapies designed to suppress TNFR1-mediated or augment TNFR2-mediated effects of TNFα may provide antiseizure and disease-modifying effects after central nervous system infection.
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Tai TY, Warner LN, Jones TD, Jung S, Concepcion FA, Skyrud DW, Fender J, Liu Y, Williams AD, Neumaier JF, D'Ambrosio R, Poolos NP. Antiepileptic action of c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) inhibition in an animal model of temporal lobe epilepsy. Neuroscience 2017; 349:35-47. [PMID: 28237815 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2017.02.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2015] [Revised: 02/10/2017] [Accepted: 02/13/2017] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Several phosphorylation signaling pathways have been implicated in the pathogenesis of epilepsy arising from both genetic causes and acquired insults to the brain. Identification of dysfunctional signaling pathways in epilepsy may provide novel targets for antiepileptic therapies. We previously described a deficit in phosphorylation signaling mediated by p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38 MAPK) that occurs in an animal model of temporal lobe epilepsy, and that produces neuronal hyperexcitability measured in vitro. We asked whether in vivo pharmacological manipulation of p38 MAPK activity would influence seizure frequency in chronically epileptic animals. Administration of a p38 MAPK inhibitor, SB203580, markedly worsened spontaneous seizure frequency, consistent with prior in vitro results. However, anisomycin, a non-specific p38 MAPK activator, significantly increased seizure frequency. We hypothesized that this unexpected result was due to activation of a related MAPK, c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK). Administration of JNK inhibitor SP600125 significantly decreased seizure frequency in a dose-dependent manner without causing overt behavioral abnormalities. Biochemical analysis showed increased JNK expression and activity in untreated epileptic animals. These results show for the first time that JNK is hyperactivated in an animal model of epilepsy, and that phosphorylation signaling mediated by JNK may represent a novel antiepileptic target.
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- Tina Y Tai
- Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Neurobiology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Seattle University, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States; Regional Epilepsy Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States; Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States; Regional Epilepsy Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States.
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Yu W, Du Y, Zou Y, Wang X, Stephani U, Lü Y. Smad anchor for receptor activation contributes to seizures in temporal lobe epilepsy. Synapse 2017; 71. [PMID: 28035691 DOI: 10.1002/syn.21957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2016] [Revised: 12/19/2016] [Accepted: 12/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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PURPOSE Smad anchor for receptor activation (SARA) is an important regulator of transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) signaling by recruiting Smad2/3 to TGF-β receptors. Although TGF-β signaling is critically involved in epileptogenesis, whether SARA activation is sufficient to facilitate TGF-β pathway to regulate epilepsy remains unknown. METHODS The expression of SARA and downstream Phospho-Smad3 (p-Smad3) was examined in rats with pilocarpine induced epilepsy. Additionally, knockdown of SARA was performed via recombinant lentiviral vector in the pilocarpine-induced rats. RESULTS Here we show that expressions of SARA and p-Smad3 are increased in the hippocampus as rats subjected to pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus (SE). Both SARA and p-Smad3 are also upregulated in the temporal cortex of epileptic rats. Furthermore, SARA mRNA levels reach peak as early as 6 hr following SE onset and remain elevated in the chronic phase. Transfection of recombinant lentiviral shRNA targeting SARA knocks down SARA expression, attenuates TGF-β/p-Smad3 signaling in the hippocampus, and postpones the SE onset. CONCLUSION Our results demonstrate that SARA/Smad3 pathway contributes to mechanism of seizure and SARA in TGF-β signaling may be a potential therapeutic target for epilepsy.
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- Weihua Yu
- Department of Geriatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China.,Institutes of Neuroscience, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
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- Department of Geriatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
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- Department of Geriatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
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- Department of Neuropediatrics, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, 24105, Germany
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- Department of Geriatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
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Krook-Magnuson E. The Gate and the Source? The Dentate Gyrus Takes Central Stage in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Epilepsy Curr 2017; 17:48-49. [PMID: 28331472 PMCID: PMC5340558 DOI: 10.5698/1535-7511-17.1.48] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Riffault B, Kourdougli N, Dumon C, Ferrand N, Buhler E, Schaller F, Chambon C, Rivera C, Gaiarsa JL, Porcher C. Pro-Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (proBDNF)-Mediated p75NTR Activation Promotes Depolarizing Actions of GABA and Increases Susceptibility to Epileptic Seizures. Cereb Cortex 2016; 28:510-527. [DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhw385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2016] [Accepted: 11/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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- Baptiste Riffault
- Aix-Marseille University, Département de Biologie, Parc Scientifique de Luminy, 13273 Marseille, France
- INSERM—Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité 901, Marseille, Parc Scientifique de Luminy, 13273 Marseille, France
- INMED—Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée, Parc Scientifique de Luminy, 13273 Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille University, Département de Biologie, Parc Scientifique de Luminy, 13273 Marseille, France
- INSERM—Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité 901, Marseille, Parc Scientifique de Luminy, 13273 Marseille, France
- INMED—Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée, Parc Scientifique de Luminy, 13273 Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille University, Département de Biologie, Parc Scientifique de Luminy, 13273 Marseille, France
- INSERM—Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité 901, Marseille, Parc Scientifique de Luminy, 13273 Marseille, France
- INMED—Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée, Parc Scientifique de Luminy, 13273 Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille University, Département de Biologie, Parc Scientifique de Luminy, 13273 Marseille, France
- INSERM—Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité 901, Marseille, Parc Scientifique de Luminy, 13273 Marseille, France
- INMED—Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée, Parc Scientifique de Luminy, 13273 Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille University, Département de Biologie, Parc Scientifique de Luminy, 13273 Marseille, France
- Plateforme Post-Génomique, INMED, 13273 Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille University, Département de Biologie, Parc Scientifique de Luminy, 13273 Marseille, France
- Plateforme Post-Génomique, INMED, 13273 Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille University, Département de Biologie, NIA, UMR 7260 CNRS, 13331 cedex 03, Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille University, Département de Biologie, Parc Scientifique de Luminy, 13273 Marseille, France
- INSERM—Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité 901, Marseille, Parc Scientifique de Luminy, 13273 Marseille, France
- INMED—Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée, Parc Scientifique de Luminy, 13273 Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille University, Département de Biologie, Parc Scientifique de Luminy, 13273 Marseille, France
- INSERM—Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité 901, Marseille, Parc Scientifique de Luminy, 13273 Marseille, France
- INMED—Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée, Parc Scientifique de Luminy, 13273 Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille University, Département de Biologie, Parc Scientifique de Luminy, 13273 Marseille, France
- INSERM—Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité 901, Marseille, Parc Scientifique de Luminy, 13273 Marseille, France
- INMED—Institut de Neurobiologie de la Méditerranée, Parc Scientifique de Luminy, 13273 Marseille, France
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Ictal Activity Swimming Upstream in the Temporal Lobe. Epilepsy Curr 2016; 16:397-398. [PMID: 27857622 DOI: 10.5698/1535-7511-16.6.397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Bernhardt BC, Bernasconi A, Liu M, Hong SJ, Caldairou B, Goubran M, Guiot MC, Hall J, Bernasconi N. The spectrum of structural and functional imaging abnormalities in temporal lobe epilepsy. Ann Neurol 2016; 80:142-53. [PMID: 27228409 DOI: 10.1002/ana.24691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2016] [Revised: 05/24/2016] [Accepted: 05/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Although most temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) patients show marked hippocampal sclerosis (HS) upon pathological examination, 40% present with no significant cell loss but gliotic changes only. To evaluate effects of hippocampal pathology on brain structure and functional networks, we aimed at dissociating multimodal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) characteristics in patients with HS (TLE-HS) and those with gliosis only (TLE-G). METHODS In 20 TLE-HS, 19 TLE-G, and 25 healthy controls, we carried out a novel MRI-based hippocampal subfield surface analysis that integrated volume, T2 signal intensity, and diffusion markers with seed-based hippocampal functional connectivity. RESULTS Compared to controls, TLE-HS presented with marked ipsilateral atrophy, T2 hyperintensity, and mean diffusivity increases across all subfields, whereas TLE-G presented with dentate gyrus hypertrophy, focal increases in T2 intensity and mean diffusivity. Multivariate assessment confirmed a more marked ipsilateral load of anomalies across all subfields in TLE-HS, whereas anomalies in TLE-G were restricted to the subiculum. A between-cohort dissociation was independently suggested by resting-state functional connectivity analysis, revealing marked hippocampal decoupling from anterior and posterior default mode hubs in TLE-HS, whereas TLE-G did not differ from controls. Back-projection connectivity analysis from cortical targets revealed consistently decreased network embedding across all subfields in TLE-HS, while changes in TLE-G were limited to the subiculum. Hippocampal disconnectivity strongly correlated to T2 hyperintensity and marginally to atrophy. INTERPRETATION Multimodal MRI reveals diverging structural and functional connectivity profiles across the TLE spectrum. Pathology-specific modulations of large-scale functional brain networks lend novel evidence for a close interplay of structural and functional disruptions in focal epilepsy. Ann Neurol 2016;80:142-153.
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- Boris C Bernhardt
- From the Neuroimaging of Epilepsy Laboratory, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- From the Neuroimaging of Epilepsy Laboratory, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- From the Neuroimaging of Epilepsy Laboratory, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- From the Neuroimaging of Epilepsy Laboratory, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- From the Neuroimaging of Epilepsy Laboratory, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- From the Neuroimaging of Epilepsy Laboratory, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Department of Radiology, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford University, CA
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- Department of Pathology, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- From the Neuroimaging of Epilepsy Laboratory, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Wulsin AC, Solomon MB, Privitera MD, Danzer SC, Herman JP. Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis dysfunction in epilepsy. Physiol Behav 2016; 166:22-31. [PMID: 27195458 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2015] [Revised: 04/04/2016] [Accepted: 05/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Epilepsy is a common neurological disease, affecting 2.4million people in the US. Among the many different forms of the disease, temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is one of the most frequent in adults. Recent studies indicate the presence of a hyperactive hypothalamopituitary- adrenocortical (HPA) axis and elevated levels of glucocorticoids in TLE patients. Moreover, in these patients, stress is a commonly reported trigger of seizures, and stress-related psychopathologies, including depression and anxiety, are highly prevalent. Elevated glucocorticoids have been implicated in the development of stress-related psychopathologies. Similarly, excess glucocorticoids have been found to increase neuronal excitability, epileptiform activity and seizure susceptibility. Thus, patients with TLE may generate abnormal stress responses that both facilitate ictal discharges and increase vulnerability for the development of comorbid psychopathologies. Here, we will examine the evidence that the HPA axis is disrupted in TLE, consider potential mechanisms by which this might occur, and discuss the implications of HPA dysfunction for seizuretriggering and psychiatric comorbidities.
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- Aynara C Wulsin
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States; Neuroscience Program, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States; Department of Anesthesia, Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States; Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States; Neuroscience Program, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Neuroscience Institute, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Neuroscience Program, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States; Department of Anesthesia, Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States; Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States; Neuroscience Program, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States.
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Seizure Activity and Intervention Efficacy Are Shaped by REMnants of Preceding Brain States. Epilepsy Curr 2016; 16:164-5. [DOI: 10.5698/1535-7511-16.3.164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Lu Y, Zhong C, Wang L, Wei P, He W, Huang K, Zhang Y, Zhan Y, Feng G, Wang L. Optogenetic dissection of ictal propagation in the hippocampal-entorhinal cortex structures. Nat Commun 2016; 7:10962. [PMID: 26997093 PMCID: PMC4802168 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2015] [Accepted: 02/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is one of the most common drug-resistant forms of epilepsy in adults and usually originates in the hippocampal formations. However, both the network mechanisms that support the seizure spread and the exact directions of ictal propagation remain largely unknown. Here we report the dissection of ictal propagation in the hippocampal-entorhinal cortex (HP-EC) structures using optogenetic methods in multiple brain regions of a kainic acid-induced model of TLE in VGAT-ChR2 transgenic mice. We perform highly temporally precise cross-area analyses of epileptic neuronal networks and find a feed-forward propagation pathway of ictal discharges from the dentate gyrus/hilus (DGH) to the medial entorhinal cortex, instead of a re-entrant loop. We also demonstrate that activating DGH GABAergic interneurons can significantly inhibit the spread of ictal seizures and largely rescue behavioural deficits in kainate-exposed animals. These findings may shed light on future therapeutic treatments of TLE.
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- Yi Lu
- Shenzhen Key Lab of Neuropsychiatric Modulation and Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, the Brain Cognition and Brain Disease Institute (BCBDI) for Collaboration Research of SIAT at CAS and the McGovern Institute at MIT, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Shenzhen Key Lab of Neuropsychiatric Modulation and Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, the Brain Cognition and Brain Disease Institute (BCBDI) for Collaboration Research of SIAT at CAS and the McGovern Institute at MIT, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Shenzhen Key Lab of Neuropsychiatric Modulation and Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, the Brain Cognition and Brain Disease Institute (BCBDI) for Collaboration Research of SIAT at CAS and the McGovern Institute at MIT, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Shenzhen Key Lab of Neuropsychiatric Modulation and Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, the Brain Cognition and Brain Disease Institute (BCBDI) for Collaboration Research of SIAT at CAS and the McGovern Institute at MIT, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Shenzhen Key Lab of Neuropsychiatric Modulation and Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, the Brain Cognition and Brain Disease Institute (BCBDI) for Collaboration Research of SIAT at CAS and the McGovern Institute at MIT, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Shenzhen Key Lab of Neuropsychiatric Modulation and Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, the Brain Cognition and Brain Disease Institute (BCBDI) for Collaboration Research of SIAT at CAS and the McGovern Institute at MIT, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Shenzhen Key Lab of Neuropsychiatric Modulation and Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, the Brain Cognition and Brain Disease Institute (BCBDI) for Collaboration Research of SIAT at CAS and the McGovern Institute at MIT, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Shenzhen Key Lab of Neuropsychiatric Modulation and Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, the Brain Cognition and Brain Disease Institute (BCBDI) for Collaboration Research of SIAT at CAS and the McGovern Institute at MIT, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Shenzhen Key Lab of Neuropsychiatric Modulation and Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, the Brain Cognition and Brain Disease Institute (BCBDI) for Collaboration Research of SIAT at CAS and the McGovern Institute at MIT, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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Buckmaster PS, Yamawaki R, Thind K. More Docked Vesicles and Larger Active Zones at Basket Cell-to-Granule Cell Synapses in a Rat Model of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. J Neurosci 2016; 36:3295-308. [PMID: 26985038 PMCID: PMC4792940 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4049-15.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2015] [Revised: 01/20/2016] [Accepted: 02/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Temporal lobe epilepsy is a common and challenging clinical problem, and its pathophysiological mechanisms remain unclear. One possibility is insufficient inhibition in the hippocampal formation where seizures tend to initiate. Normally, hippocampal basket cells provide strong and reliable synaptic inhibition at principal cell somata. In a rat model of temporal lobe epilepsy, basket cell-to-granule cell (BC→GC) synaptic transmission is more likely to fail, but the underlying cause is unknown. At some synapses, probability of release correlates with bouton size, active zone area, and number of docked vesicles. The present study tested the hypothesis that impaired GABAergic transmission at BC→GC synapses is attributable to ultrastructural changes. Boutons making axosomatic symmetric synapses in the granule cell layer were reconstructed from serial electron micrographs. BC→GC boutons were predicted to be smaller in volume, have fewer and smaller active zones, and contain fewer vesicles, including fewer docked vesicles. Results revealed the opposite. Compared with controls, epileptic pilocarpine-treated rats displayed boutons with over twice the average volume, active zone area, total vesicles, and docked vesicles and with more vesicles closer to active zones. Larger active zones in epileptic rats are consistent with previous reports of larger amplitude miniature IPSCs and larger BC→GC quantal size. Results of this study indicate that transmission failures at BC→GC synapses in epileptic pilocarpine-treated rats are not attributable to smaller boutons or fewer docked vesicles. Instead, processes following vesicle docking, including priming, Ca(2+) entry, or Ca(2+) coupling with exocytosis, might be responsible. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT One in 26 people develops epilepsy, and temporal lobe epilepsy is a common form. Up to one-third of patients are resistant to currently available treatments. This study tested a potential underlying mechanism for previously reported impaired inhibition in epileptic animals at basket cell-to-granule cell (BC→GC) synapses, which normally are reliable and strong. Electron microscopy was used to evaluate 3D ultrastructure of BC→GC synapses in a rat model of temporal lobe epilepsy. The hypothesis was that impaired synaptic transmission is attributable to smaller boutons, smaller synapses, and abnormally low numbers of synaptic vesicles. Results revealed the opposite. These findings suggest that impaired transmission at BC→GC synapses in epileptic rats is attributable to later steps in exocytosis following vesicle docking.
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- Paul S Buckmaster
- Departments of Comparative Medicine and Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305
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Malik R, Dougherty KA, Parikh K, Byrne C, Johnston D. Mapping the electrophysiological and morphological properties of CA1 pyramidal neurons along the longitudinal hippocampal axis. Hippocampus 2016; 26:341-61. [PMID: 26333017 PMCID: PMC4760884 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.22526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/31/2015] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Differences in behavioral roles, anatomical connectivity, and gene expression patterns in the dorsal, intermediate, and ventral regions of the hippocampus are well characterized. Relatively fewer studies have, however, focused on comparing the physiological properties of neurons located at different dorsoventral extents of the hippocampus. Recently, we reported that dorsal CA1 neurons are less excitable than ventral neurons. There is little or no information for how neurons in the intermediate hippocampus compare to those from the dorsal and ventral ends. Also, it is not known whether the transition of properties along the dorsoventral axis is gradual or segmented. In this study, we developed a statistical model to predict the dorsoventral position of transverse hippocampal slices. Using current clamp recordings combined with this model, we found that CA1 neurons in dorsal, intermediate, and ventral hippocampus have distinct electrophysiological and morphological properties and that the transition in most (but not all) of these properties from the ventral to dorsal end is gradual. Using linear and segmented regression analyses, we found that input resistance and resting membrane potential changed linearly along the V-D axis. Interestingly, the transition in resonance frequency, rebound slope, dendritic branching in stratum radiatum, and action potential properties was segmented along the V-D axis. Together, the findings from this study highlight the heterogeneity in CA1 neuronal properties along the entire longitudinal axis of hippocampus.
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- Ruchi Malik
- Center for Learning and Memory, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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- Center for Learning and Memory, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
- Department of Biology, Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Center for Learning and Memory, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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- Center for Learning and Memory, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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- Center for Learning and Memory, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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Ma DL, Qu JQ, Goh ELK, Tang FR. Reorganization of Basolateral Amygdala-Subiculum Circuitry in Mouse Epilepsy Model. Front Neuroanat 2016; 9:167. [PMID: 26834577 PMCID: PMC4712303 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2015.00167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2015] [Accepted: 12/21/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In this study, we investigated the reorganized basolateral amygdala (BLA)-subiculum pathway in a status epilepticus (SE) mouse model with epileptic episodes induced by pilocarpine. We have previously observed a dramatic loss of neurons in the CA1-3 fields of the hippocampus in epileptic mice. Herein, we observed a 43-57% reduction in the number of neurons in the BLA of epileptic mice. However, injection of an anterograde tracer, Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin (PHA-L) into the BLA indicated 25.63% increase in the number of PHA-L-immunopositive terminal-like structures in the ventral subiculum (v-Sub) of epileptic mice as compared to control mice. These data suggest that the projections from the basal nucleus at BLA to the vSub in epileptic mice are resistant to epilepsy-induced damage. Consequently, these epileptic mice exhibit partially impairment but not total loss of context-dependent fear memory. Epileptic mice also show increased c-Fos expression in the BLA and vSub when subjected to contextual memory test, suggesting the participation of these two brain areas in foot shock-dependent fear conditioning. These results indicate the presence of functional neural connections between the BLA-vSub regions that participate in learning and memory in epileptic mice.
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- Dong Liang Ma
- Program in Neuroscience and Behavioral Disorder, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an, China
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- Program in Neuroscience and Behavioral Disorder, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical SchoolSingapore, Singapore; Department of Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of SingaporeSingapore, Singapore; KK Research Center, KK Women's and Children's HospitalSingapore, Singapore
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- Temasek Laboratories, National University of SingaporeSingapore, Singapore; Singapore Nuclear Research and Safety Initiative, National University of SingaporeSingapore, Singapore
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Kourdougli N, Varpula S, Chazal G, Rivera C. Detrimental effect of post Status Epilepticus treatment with ROCK inhibitor Y-27632 in a pilocarpine model of temporal lobe epilepsy. Front Cell Neurosci 2015; 9:413. [PMID: 26557054 PMCID: PMC4615811 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2015.00413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2015] [Accepted: 09/28/2015] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is the most common type of epilepsy in adults where 20-30% of the patients are refractory to currently available anti-epileptic drugs. The RhoA/Rho-kinase signaling pathway activation has been involved in inflammatory responses, neurite outgrowth and neuronal death under pathological conditions such as epileptic insults. Acute preventive administration of ROCK inhibitor has been reported to have beneficial outcomes in Status Epilepticus (SE) epilepsy. In the present study, we evaluate the effect of chronic post SE treatment with the ROCK inhibitor Y-27632 in a rat pilocarpine model of TLE. We used chronic i.p. injections of Y-27632 for 5 days in 6 week old control rats or rats subjected to pilocarpine treatment as a model of TLE. Surprisingly, our findings demonstrate that a systemic administration of Y-27632 in pilocarpine-treated rats increases neuronal death in the CA3 region and ectopic recurrent mossy fiber sprouting (rMFS) in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampal formation. Interestingly, we found that chronic treatment with Y-27632 exacerbates the down-regulation and pathological distribution of the K(+)-Cl(-) cotransporter KCC2, thus providing a putative mechanism for post SE induced neuronal death. The involvement of astrogliosis in this mechanism appears to be intricate as ROCK inhibition reduces reactive astrogliosis in pilocarpine rats. Conversely, in control rats, chronic Y-27632 treatment increases astrogliosis. Together, our findings suggest that Y-27632 has a detrimental effect when chronically used post SE in a rat pilocarpine model of TLE.
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- Nazim Kourdougli
- INSERM Unité 901, INMEDMarseille, France
- Aix-Marseille Université, UMR S901Marseille, France
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- INSERM Unité 901, INMEDMarseille, France
- Aix-Marseille Université, UMR S901Marseille, France
- Neuroscience Center, University of HelsinkiHelsinki, Finland
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- INSERM Unité 901, INMEDMarseille, France
- Aix-Marseille Université, UMR S901Marseille, France
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- INSERM Unité 901, INMEDMarseille, France
- Aix-Marseille Université, UMR S901Marseille, France
- Neuroscience Center, University of HelsinkiHelsinki, Finland
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Barger Z, Easton CR, Neuzil KE, Moody WJ. Early network activity propagates bidirectionally between hippocampus and cortex. Dev Neurobiol 2015; 76:661-72. [PMID: 26385616 DOI: 10.1002/dneu.22351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2015] [Revised: 08/31/2015] [Accepted: 09/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Spontaneous activity in the developing brain helps refine neuronal connections before the arrival of sensory-driven neuronal activity. In mouse neocortex during the first postnatal week, waves of spontaneous activity originating from pacemaker regions in the septal nucleus and piriform cortex propagate through the neocortex. Using high-speed Ca(2+) imaging to resolve the spatiotemporal dynamics of wave propagation in parasagittal mouse brain slices, we show that the hippocampus can act as an additional source of neocortical waves. Some waves that originate in the hippocampus remain restricted to that structure, while others pause at the hippocampus-neocortex boundary and then propagate into the neocortex. Blocking GABAergic neurotransmission decreases the likelihood of wave propagation into neocortex, whereas blocking glutamatergic neurotransmission eliminates spontaneous and evoked hippocampal waves. A subset of hippocampal and cortical waves trigger Ca(2+) waves in astrocytic networks after a brief delay. Hippocampal waves accompanied by Ca(2+) elevation in astrocytes are more likely to propagate into the neocortex. Finally, we show that two structures in our preparation that initiate waves-the hippocampus and the piriform cortex-can be electrically stimulated to initiate propagating waves at lower thresholds than the neocortex, indicating that the intrinsic circuit properties of those regions are responsible for their pacemaker function.
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- Zeke Barger
- Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98195
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- Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98195
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- Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98195
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- Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98195
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Buzsáki G. Hippocampal sharp wave-ripple: A cognitive biomarker for episodic memory and planning. Hippocampus 2015; 25:1073-188. [PMID: 26135716 PMCID: PMC4648295 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.22488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 943] [Impact Index Per Article: 104.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2015] [Accepted: 06/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Sharp wave ripples (SPW-Rs) represent the most synchronous population pattern in the mammalian brain. Their excitatory output affects a wide area of the cortex and several subcortical nuclei. SPW-Rs occur during "off-line" states of the brain, associated with consummatory behaviors and non-REM sleep, and are influenced by numerous neurotransmitters and neuromodulators. They arise from the excitatory recurrent system of the CA3 region and the SPW-induced excitation brings about a fast network oscillation (ripple) in CA1. The spike content of SPW-Rs is temporally and spatially coordinated by a consortium of interneurons to replay fragments of waking neuronal sequences in a compressed format. SPW-Rs assist in transferring this compressed hippocampal representation to distributed circuits to support memory consolidation; selective disruption of SPW-Rs interferes with memory. Recently acquired and pre-existing information are combined during SPW-R replay to influence decisions, plan actions and, potentially, allow for creative thoughts. In addition to the widely studied contribution to memory, SPW-Rs may also affect endocrine function via activation of hypothalamic circuits. Alteration of the physiological mechanisms supporting SPW-Rs leads to their pathological conversion, "p-ripples," which are a marker of epileptogenic tissue and can be observed in rodent models of schizophrenia and Alzheimer's Disease. Mechanisms for SPW-R genesis and function are discussed in this review.
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- György Buzsáki
- The Neuroscience Institute, School of Medicine and Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, New York
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Proddutur A, Santhakumar V. Marching Towards a Seizure: Spatio-Temporal Evolution of Preictal Activity. Epilepsy Curr 2015; 15:267-8. [PMID: 26448732 PMCID: PMC4591866 DOI: 10.5698/1535-7511-15.5.267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Matiasek K, Pumarola I Batlle M, Rosati M, Fernández-Flores F, Fischer A, Wagner E, Berendt M, Bhatti SFM, De Risio L, Farquhar RG, Long S, Muñana K, Patterson EE, Pakozdy A, Penderis J, Platt S, Podell M, Potschka H, Rusbridge C, Stein VM, Tipold A, Volk HA. International veterinary epilepsy task force recommendations for systematic sampling and processing of brains from epileptic dogs and cats. BMC Vet Res 2015; 11:216. [PMID: 26324339 PMCID: PMC4595046 DOI: 10.1186/s12917-015-0467-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2015] [Accepted: 06/29/2015] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Traditionally, histological investigations of the epileptic brain are required to identify epileptogenic brain lesions, to evaluate the impact of seizure activity, to search for mechanisms of drug-resistance and to look for comorbidities. For many instances, however, neuropathological studies fail to add substantial data on patients with complete clinical work-up. This may be due to sparse training in epilepsy pathology and or due to lack of neuropathological guidelines for companion animals.The protocols introduced herein shall facilitate systematic sampling and processing of epileptic brains and therefore increase the efficacy, reliability and reproducibility of morphological studies in animals suffering from seizures.Brain dissection protocols of two neuropathological centres with research focus in epilepsy have been optimised with regards to their diagnostic yield and accuracy, their practicability and their feasibility concerning clinical research requirements.The recommended guidelines allow for easy, standardised and ubiquitous collection of brain regions, relevant for seizure generation. Tissues harvested the prescribed way will increase the diagnostic efficacy and provide reliable material for scientific investigations.
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- Kaspar Matiasek
- Section of Clinical and Comparative Neuropathology, Centre for Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Veterinärstr. 13, 80539, Munich, Germany.
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- Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery, Veterinary Faculty, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Campus UAB Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Section of Clinical and Comparative Neuropathology, Centre for Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Veterinärstr. 13, 80539, Munich, Germany.
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- Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery, Veterinary Faculty, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Campus UAB Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Department of Animal and Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
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- Section of Clinical and Comparative Neuropathology, Centre for Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Veterinärstr. 13, 80539, Munich, Germany.
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- Department of Animal and Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
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- Department of Small Animal Medicine and Clinical Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, Merelbeke, 9820, Belgium.
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- Animal Health Trust, Lanwades Park, Kentford, Newmarket, CB8 7UU, Suffolk, UK.
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- Fernside Veterinary Centre, 205 Shenley Road, Borehamwood, SG9 0TH, Hertfordshire, UK.
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- University of Melbourne, 250 Princes Highway, Weibee, 3015, VIC, Australia.
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- North Carolina State University, 1052 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA.
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- University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine, D426 Veterinary Medical Center, 1352 Boyd Avenue, St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA.
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- Clinical Unit of Internal Medicine Small Animals, University of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinärplatz 1, 1210, Vienna, Austria.
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- Vet Extra Neurology, Broadleys Veterinary Hospital, Craig Leith Road, Stirling, FK7 7LE, Stirlingshire, UK.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, 501 DW Brooks Drive, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
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- Chicago Veterinary Neurology and Neurosurgery, 3123 N. Clybourn Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60618, USA.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximillians-University, Königinstr. 16, 80539, Munich, Germany.
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- Fitzpatrick Referrals, Halfway Lane, Eashing, Godalming, GU7 2QQ, Surrey, UK. .,School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7TE, Surrey, UK.
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- Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bünteweg 9, 30559, Hannover, Germany.
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- Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bünteweg 9, 30559, Hannover, Germany.
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- Department of Clinical Science and Services, Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, AL9 7TA, Hertfordshire, UK.
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Continuous neurodegeneration and death pathway activation in neurons and glia in an experimental model of severe chronic epilepsy. Neurobiol Dis 2015; 83:54-66. [PMID: 26264964 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2015.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2015] [Revised: 07/21/2015] [Accepted: 08/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Whether seizures might determine the activation of cell death pathways and what could be the relevance of seizure-induced cell death in epilepsy are still highly debated issues. We recently developed an experimental model of acquired focal cortical dysplasia (the MAM-pilocarpine or MP rat) in which the occurrence of status epilepticus--SE--and subsequent seizures induced progressive cellular/molecular abnormalities and neocortical/hippocampal atrophy. Here, we exploited the same model to verify when, where, and how cell death occurred in neurons and glia during epilepsy course. We analyzed Fluoro Jade (FJ) staining and the activation of c-Jun- and caspase-3-dependent pathways during epilepsy, from few hours post-SE up to six months of spontaneous recurrent seizures. FJ staining revealed that cell injury in MP rats was not temporally restricted to SE, but extended throughout the different epileptic stages. The region-specific pattern of FJ staining changed during epilepsy, and FJ(+) neurons became more prominent in the dorsal and ventral hippocampal CA at chronic epilepsy stages. Phospho-c-Jun- and caspase-3-dependent pathways were selectively activated respectively in neurons and glia, at early but even more conspicuously at late chronic stages. Phospho-c-Jun activation was associated with increased cytochrome-c staining, particularly at chronic stages, and the staining pattern of cytochrome-c was suggestive of its release from the mitochondria. Taken together, these data support the content that at least in the MP rat model the recurrence of seizures can also sustain cell death mechanisms, thus continuously contributing to the pathologic process triggered by the occurrence of SE.
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Unit Activity of Hippocampal Interneurons before Spontaneous Seizures in an Animal Model of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. J Neurosci 2015; 35:6600-18. [PMID: 25904809 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4786-14.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Mechanisms of seizure initiation are unclear. To evaluate the possible roles of inhibitory neurons, unit recordings were obtained in the dentate gyrus, CA3, CA1, and subiculum of epileptic pilocarpine-treated rats as they experienced spontaneous seizures. Most interneurons in the dentate gyrus, CA1, and subiculum increased their firing rate before seizures, and did so with significant consistency from seizure to seizure. Identification of CA1 interneuron subtypes based on firing characteristics during theta and sharp waves suggested that a parvalbumin-positive basket cell and putative bistratified cells, but not oriens lacunosum moleculare cells, were activated preictally. Preictal changes occurred much earlier than those described by most previous in vitro studies. Preictal activation of interneurons began earliest (>4 min before seizure onset), increased most, was most prevalent in the subiculum, and was minimal in CA3. Preictal inactivation of interneurons was most common in CA1 (27% of interneurons) and included a putative ivy cell and parvalbumin-positive basket cell. Increased or decreased preictal activity correlated with whether interneurons fired faster or slower, respectively, during theta activity. Theta waves were more likely to occur before seizure onset, and increased preictal firing of subicular interneurons correlated with theta activity. Preictal changes by other hippocampal interneurons were largely independent of theta waves. Within seconds of seizure onset, many interneurons displayed a brief pause in firing and a later, longer drop that was associated with reduced action potential amplitude. These findings suggest that many interneurons inactivate during seizures, most increase their activity preictally, but some fail to do so at the critical time before seizure onset.
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Herrington R, Lévesque M, Avoli M. Subiculum-entorhinal cortex interactions during in vitro ictogenesis. Seizure 2015; 31:33-40. [PMID: 26362375 DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2015.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2015] [Revised: 06/23/2015] [Accepted: 07/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Our aim was to establish the contribution of neuronal networks located in the entorhinal cortex (EC) and subiculum to the generation of interictal and ictal onset patterns recorded in vitro. METHODS We employed field potential recordings of epileptiform activity in rat brain slices induced with the application of the K(+) channel blocker 4-aminopyridine. Local connections between the EC and subiculum were severed to understand how EC-subicular circuits contribute to patterns of epileptiform synchronization. RESULTS First, we found that ictal discharges occurred synchronously in these two structures, initiating from either the EC or subiculum, and were characterized by low voltage fast (LVF) or sudden onsets. Second, sudden onset ictal events initiated more frequently in the EC, whereas LVF onset ictal discharges appeared more likely to initiate in the subiculum (P<0.001). In both structures, polyspike interictal discharges occurred in brain slices generating sudden onset ictal events while isolated slow interictal discharges were recorded in experiments characterized by LVF onset ictal activity. Third, severing the connections between subiculum and EC desynchronized both interictal and ictal discharges occurring in these two regions, leading to a significant decrease in ictal duration (regardless of the onset type) along with blockade of polyspike interictal activity in subiculum. CONCLUSIONS These findings highlight the contribution of EC-subicular interactions to epileptiform synchronization and, specifically, to ictogenesis in this in vitro model.
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- Rochelle Herrington
- Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, H3A 2B4 Montréal, QC, Canada; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, H3A 2B4 Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, H3A 2B4 Montréal, QC, Canada; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, H3A 2B4 Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, H3A 2B4 Montréal, QC, Canada; Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, H3A 2B4 Montréal, QC, Canada; Department of Physiology, McGill University, H3A 2B4 Montréal, QC, Canada.
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Fisher RS. Stimulation of the medial septum should benefit patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. Med Hypotheses 2015; 84:543-50. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2015.02.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2014] [Revised: 02/03/2015] [Accepted: 02/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Dhaher R, Wang H, Gruenbaum SE, Tu N, Lee TSW, Zaveri HP, Eid T. Effects of site-specific infusions of methionine sulfoximine on the temporal progression of seizures in a rat model of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsy Res 2015. [PMID: 26220375 DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2015.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Glutamine synthetase (GS) in astrocytes is critical for metabolism of glutamate and ammonia in the brain, and perturbations in the anatomical distribution and activity of the enzyme are likely to adversely affect synaptic transmission. GS is deficient in discrete regions of the hippocampal formation in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE), a disorder characterized by brain glutamate excess and recurrent seizures. To investigate the role of site-specific inhibition of GS in MTLE, we chronically infused the GS inhibitor methionine sulfoximine (MSO) into one of the following areas of adult laboratory rats: (1) the angular bundle, n=6; (2) the deep entorhinal cortex (EC), n=7; (3) the stratum lacunosum-moleculare of CA1, n=7; (4) the molecular layer of the subiculum, n=10; (5) the hilus of the dentate gyrus, n=6; and (6) the lateral ventricle, n=6. Twelve animals were infused with phosphate buffered saline (PBS) into the same areas to serve as controls. All infusions were unilateral, and animals were monitored by continuous video-intracranial EEG recordings for 3 weeks to capture seizure activity. All animals infused with MSO into the entorhinal-hippocampal area exhibited recurrent seizures that were particularly frequent during the first 3 days of infusion and that continued to recur for the entire 3 week recording period. Only a fraction of animals infused with MSO into the lateral ventricle had recurrent seizures, which occurred at a lower frequency compared with the other MSO infused group. Infusion of MSO into the hilus of the dentate gyrus resulted in the highest total number of seizures over the 3-week recording period. Infusion of MSO into all brain regions studied, with the exception of the lateral ventricle, led to a change in the composition of seizure severity over time. Low-grade (stages 1-3) seizures were more prevalent early during infusion, while severe (stages 4-5) seizures were more prevalent later. Thus, the site of GS inhibition within the brain determines the pattern and temporal evolution of recurrent seizures in the MSO model of MTLE.
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- Roni Dhaher
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, 330 Cedar St., PO Box 208083, New Haven, CT 06520-8035, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, 330 Cedar St., PO Box 208083, New Haven, CT 06520-8035, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, 330 Cedar St., PO Box 208083, New Haven, CT 06520-8035, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, 330 Cedar St., PO Box 208083, New Haven, CT 06520-8035, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, 330 Cedar St., PO Box 208083, New Haven, CT 06520-8035, USA.
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Benson MJ, Manzanero S, Borges K. Complex alterations in microglial M1/M2 markers during the development of epilepsy in two mouse models. Epilepsia 2015; 56:895-905. [PMID: 25847097 DOI: 10.1111/epi.12960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To characterize the changes in microglial proinflammatory M1 and antiinflammatory M2 marker expression during epileptogenesis in the chronic pilocarpine and intrahippocampal kainate models. METHODS M1-activated microglia express proinflammatory cytokines driving infiltration of cells, whereas M2-activated microglia are more reparative, promoting phagocytosis of debris and expression of proteins associated with cellular stability and repair. Microglial markers were characterized as acute (3 days after status epilepticus [SE]), early chronic (21 days post-SE), and late chronic epileptic (5-12 months post-SE) time points. Following pilocarpine-SE, microglial markers were assessed by flow cytometry. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was used to measure messenger RNA (mRNA) levels of selected M1 (interleukin [IL] 1β, tumor necrosis factor α [TNFα] cluster of differentiation [CD],CD16, and CD86), interleukin-6 [IL-6], interleukin-12 [IL-12], Fc receptors 16, and CD86) and M2 (arginase 1 [Arg1], chitinase-3-like protein [Ym1], found in inflammatory zone [FIZZ-1] [FIZZ-1], mannose receptor C type-1 [CD206], interleukin-4 [IL-4], and interleukin-10 (IL-10)) markers in both models. Video-electroencephalography (EEG) recordings were used to quantify late chronic seizure frequency. RESULTS Three days post-SE microglia in the pilocarpine model expressed M1 and M2 markers, but only M1 markers were upregulated after kainate-induced SE. After 3 weeks, M1/M2 marker expression was largely ablated in the hippocampal formation of both models. Small mRNA level increases of CD11b, glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), and IL-1β were found in the pilocarpine model, consistent with IL-1β contributing to spontaneous seizures, whereas mRNA levels of TNFα and Ym1 were decreased. In the late chronic phase, some M1/M2 markers, IL-1β, TNFα, Arg1, Ym1, and CD206, resurged in the kainate, but not pilocarpine model, which may reflect and/or contribute to highly frequent seizures in kainate-SE mice. SIGNIFICANCE The common M1 upregulation acutely post-SE may signal a role early in epileptogenesis, with a more pure "inflamed" central nervous system state after kainate-SE, potentially contributing to the development of more frequent seizures. The difference may also be due to the contribution of peripheral inflammation after pilocarpine injection. In summary, the microglial inflammatory response during epileptogenesis is complex, varies between models, and appears to correlate with chronic seizure frequency.
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- Melissa J Benson
- School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Preictal activity of subicular, CA1, and dentate gyrus principal neurons in the dorsal hippocampus before spontaneous seizures in a rat model of temporal lobe epilepsy. J Neurosci 2015; 34:16671-87. [PMID: 25505320 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0584-14.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Previous studies suggest that spontaneous seizures in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy might be preceded by increased action potential firing of hippocampal neurons. Preictal activity is potentially important because it might provide new opportunities for predicting when a seizure is about to occur and insight into how spontaneous seizures are generated. We evaluated local field potentials and unit activity of single, putative excitatory neurons in the subiculum, CA1, CA3, and dentate gyrus of the dorsal hippocampus in epileptic pilocarpine-treated rats as they experienced spontaneous seizures. Average action potential firing rates of neurons in the subiculum, CA1, and dentate gyrus, but not CA3, increased significantly and progressively beginning 2-4 min before locally recorded spontaneous seizures. In the subiculum, CA1, and dentate gyrus, but not CA3, 41-57% of neurons displayed increased preictal activity with significant consistency across multiple seizures. Much of the increased preictal firing of neurons in the subiculum and CA1 correlated with preictal theta activity, whereas preictal firing of neurons in the dentate gyrus was independent of theta. In addition, some CA1 and dentate gyrus neurons displayed reduced firing rates preictally. These results reveal that different hippocampal subregions exhibit differences in the extent and potential underlying mechanisms of preictal activity. The finding of robust and significantly consistent preictal activity of subicular, CA1, and dentate neurons in the dorsal hippocampus, despite the likelihood that many seizures initiated in other brain regions, suggests the existence of a broader neuronal network whose activity changes minutes before spontaneous seizures initiate.
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Animal models of temporal lobe epilepsy following systemic chemoconvulsant administration. J Neurosci Methods 2015; 260:45-52. [PMID: 25769270 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2015.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2015] [Revised: 03/03/2015] [Accepted: 03/04/2015] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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In order to understand the pathophysiology of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), and thus to develop new pharmacological treatments, in vivo animal models that present features similar to those seen in TLE patients have been developed during the last four decades. Some of these models are based on the systemic administration of chemoconvulsants to induce an initial precipitating injury (status epilepticus) that is followed by the appearance of recurrent seizures originating from limbic structures. In this paper we will review two chemically-induced TLE models, namely the kainic acid and pilocarpine models, which have been widely employed in basic epilepsy research. Specifically, we will take into consideration their behavioral, electroencephalographic and neuropathologic features. We will also evaluate the response of these models to anti-epileptic drugs and the impact they might have in developing new treatments for TLE.
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Epilepsy affects 65 million people worldwide and entails a major burden in seizure-related disability, mortality, comorbidities, stigma, and costs. In the past decade, important advances have been made in the understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms of the disease and factors affecting its prognosis. These advances have translated into new conceptual and operational definitions of epilepsy in addition to revised criteria and terminology for its diagnosis and classification. Although the number of available antiepileptic drugs has increased substantially during the past 20 years, about a third of patients remain resistant to medical treatment. Despite improved effectiveness of surgical procedures, with more than half of operated patients achieving long-term freedom from seizures, epilepsy surgery is still done in a small subset of drug-resistant patients. The lives of most people with epilepsy continue to be adversely affected by gaps in knowledge, diagnosis, treatment, advocacy, education, legislation, and research. Concerted actions to address these challenges are urgently needed.
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- Solomon L Moshé
- Saul R Korey Department of Neurology, Dominick P Purpura Department of Neuroscience and Department of Pediatrics, Laboratory of Developmental Epilepsy, Montefiore/Einstein Epilepsy Management Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Pavia, and C Mondino National Neurological Institute, Pavia, Italy.
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- Department of Functional Neurology and Epileptology and IDEE, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon's Neuroscience Research Center, INSERM U1028, CNRS 5292, Lyon, France; Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Van Nieuwenhuyse B, Raedt R, Delbeke J, Wadman W, Boon P, Vonck K. In Search of Optimal DBS Paradigms to Treat Epilepsy: Bilateral Versus Unilateral Hippocampal Stimulation in a Rat Model for Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Brain Stimul 2015; 8:192-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2014.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2014] [Revised: 10/30/2014] [Accepted: 11/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Isaeva E, Romanov A, Holmes GL, Isaev D. Status epilepticus results in region-specific alterations in seizure susceptibility along the hippocampal longitudinal axis. Epilepsy Res 2014; 110:166-70. [PMID: 25616469 DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2014.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2014] [Revised: 11/23/2014] [Accepted: 12/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is the most common epilepsy syndrome in adults. In particular, the hippocampus is highly susceptible to abnormal synchronization. Recent advances in the surgical treatment of patients with refractory TLE have shown that multiple hippocampal transections can effectively control seizures. It has been suggested that in TLE the synchrony in the longitudinal connections is required for seizure generation; however the physiological background for the increase in hippocampal synchronization along the longitudinal axis is not fully understood. The hippocampus varies in seizure susceptibility along its longitudinal axis with the ventral hippocampus (VH) region being more seizure-prone and susceptible to neuronal damage than the dorsal hippocampus (DH). In the present study we studied seizure susceptibility along the longitudinal axis of the hippocampus following pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus (SE). In control conditions the VH generates epileptiform activity (EA) more frequently than the DH when exposed to a low Mg(2+)/1Ca(2+)/5K(+) solution. Following SE the probability of inducing epileptiform activity (EA) is similar in the VH and DH slices. This SE-induced change is due to an increase in the proportion of DH slices responding to the low Mg(2+)/1Ca(2+)/5K(+) solution with EA. Moreover, both the VH and DH show similar responses to a low Mg(2+)/1Ca(2+)/5K(+) solution. These findings indicate that the hippocampus undergoes significant functional changes following SE, which may provide the necessary increase of synchrony along the longitudinal axis to generate seizures in TLE.
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- Elena Isaeva
- Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, USA; Department of Cellular Membranology, Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, Kiev, Ukraine.
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- Department of Cellular Membranology, Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, Kiev, Ukraine
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- Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, USA
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- Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, USA; Department of Cellular Membranology, Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, Kiev, Ukraine
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Pittau F, Mégevand P, Sheybani L, Abela E, Grouiller F, Spinelli L, Michel CM, Seeck M, Vulliemoz S. Mapping epileptic activity: sources or networks for the clinicians? Front Neurol 2014; 5:218. [PMID: 25414692 PMCID: PMC4220689 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2014.00218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2014] [Accepted: 10/08/2014] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Epileptic seizures of focal origin are classically considered to arise from a focal epileptogenic zone and then spread to other brain regions. This is a key concept for semiological electro-clinical correlations, localization of relevant structural lesions, and selection of patients for epilepsy surgery. Recent development in neuro-imaging and electro-physiology and combinations, thereof, have been validated as contributory tools for focus localization. In parallel, these techniques have revealed that widespread networks of brain regions, rather than a single epileptogenic region, are implicated in focal epileptic activity. Sophisticated multimodal imaging and analysis strategies of brain connectivity patterns have been developed to characterize the spatio-temporal relationships within these networks by combining the strength of both techniques to optimize spatial and temporal resolution with whole-brain coverage and directional connectivity. In this paper, we review the potential clinical contribution of these functional mapping techniques as well as invasive electrophysiology in human beings and animal models for characterizing network connectivity.
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- Francesca Pittau
- EEG and Epilepsy Unit, Neurology Department, University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine of Geneva , Geneva , Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Multimodal Human Brain Mapping, Hofstra North Shore LIJ School of Medicine , Manhasset, NY , USA
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- Functional Brain Mapping Laboratory, Department of Fundamental Neurosciences, University of Geneva , Geneva , Switzerland
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- Support Center of Advanced Neuroimaging (SCAN), Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Hospital Inselspital , Bern , Switzerland
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- Radiology Department, University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine of Geneva , Geneva , Switzerland
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- EEG and Epilepsy Unit, Neurology Department, University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine of Geneva , Geneva , Switzerland
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- Functional Brain Mapping Laboratory, Department of Fundamental Neurosciences, University of Geneva , Geneva , Switzerland
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- EEG and Epilepsy Unit, Neurology Department, University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine of Geneva , Geneva , Switzerland
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- EEG and Epilepsy Unit, Neurology Department, University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine of Geneva , Geneva , Switzerland
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Trandafir CC, Pouliot WA, Dudek FE, Ekstrand JJ. Co-administration of subtherapeutic diazepam enhances neuroprotective effect of COX-2 inhibitor, NS-398, after lithium pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus. Neuroscience 2014; 284:601-610. [PMID: 25453777 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.10.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2014] [Revised: 10/09/2014] [Accepted: 10/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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RATIONALE Seizures during status epilepticus (SE) cause neuronal death and induce cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2). Pilocarpine-induced SE was used to determine if COX-2 inhibition with NS-398, when administered alone or with diazepam, decreases the duration and/or intensity of SE and/or reduces neuronal injury in the rat hippocampus. METHODS Electroencephalogram (EEG) electrodes were implanted in male Sprague-Dawley rats. SE was induced with lithium-pilocarpine, and continuous EEG and video monitoring were performed for 24 h. Rats were divided into four groups (n=8-14 rats/group) and received NS-398, diazepam, NS-398 and diazepam, or vehicle 30 min after the first motor seizure. Six hours later, NS-398 injection was repeated in the NS-398 and in the NS-398+diazepam groups. The duration of SE (continuous spiking) and the EEG power in the γ-band were analyzed. FluoroJade B staining in the dorsal hippocampus at 24h after SE was analyzed semi-quantitatively in the CA1, CA3 and hilus. RESULTS The duration and intensity of electrographic SE was not significantly different across the four groups. In rats treated with NS-398 alone, compared to vehicle-treated rats, neuronal damage was significantly lower compared to vehicle-treated rats in the CA3 (27%) and hilus (27%), but neuroprotection was not detected in the CA1. When NS-398 was administered with diazepam, decreased neuronal damage was further obtained in all areas investigated (CA1: 61%, CA3: 63%, hilus: 60%). CONCLUSIONS NS-398, when administered 30 min after the onset of SE with a repeat dose at 6h, decreased neuronal damage in the hippocampus. Administration of diazepam with NS-398 potentiates the neuroprotective effect of the COX-2 inhibitor. These neuroprotective effects occurred with no detectable effect on electrographic SE.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, United States.
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Retigabine calms seizure-induced behavior following status epilepticus. Epilepsy Behav 2014; 37:123-32. [PMID: 25016241 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2014.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2013] [Revised: 05/28/2014] [Accepted: 06/07/2014] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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In adult rats, intraperitoneal injection of kainate (KA) results in sustained status epilepticus and persistent behavioral comorbidities such as hyperexcitability, anxiety, and altered response to environmental cues. Intrahippocampal KA also results in sustained status epilepticus and continuous high frequency oscillations in the electroencephalograph (EEG), although subsequent behavioral side effects are unknown. We hypothesized that retigabine, a recently discovered anticonvulsant and potent positive modulator of Kv7 channels, may attenuate seizure-induced behavioral abnormalities. Status epilepticus was induced by administration of KA either intraperitoneally (15 mg/kg) or by single intrahippocampal injection (1.0 μg/0.5 μL). After 24 h, half of systemically KA-treated animals that reached stage 6 seizures were injected once daily with retigabine (5 mg/kg) for 14 continuous days. All groups underwent three behavioral tests--capture and handling, open field, and elevated plus maze--24 h following the last retigabine treatment and were sacrificed at 25-28 days. In the capture and handling test, systemic KA treatment resulted in frisky behavior and resistance to capture with wild attempts to escape during the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd weeks of the observation period. In contrast, these behaviors were attenuated in KA+retigabine-treated animals. In the open-field test, KA-treated animals spent more time in the center zone, but KA+retigabine-treated rats had greater overall activity compared with those having vehicle, KA, or retigabine-only treatment. In the elevated plus maze, KA+retigabine-treated animals traveled greater distances in open and closed arms (proximal and distal) compared with controls, also signifying anxiety reduction. Retigabine-only-treated rats traveled more in the open proximal arms compared with controls, indicating increased hyperlocomotion in normotensive rats. Although treatment with KA+retigabine resulted in anxiolytic-like effects in all three behavioral tasks compared with vehicle, this group did not significantly differ from systemically KA-treated rats in most measurements in open-field and elevated plus maze tasks, suggesting that retigabine may also cause hyperlocomotion unrelated to anxiety level. Despite that intrahippocampal KA-treated rats displayed comparable seizure behavior, epileptiform activity, and hippocampal injury, their behavior resembled the controls, suggesting that molecular and subsequent cellular changes are also partially responsible for anxiolytic-like effects and that these results are likely independent of the hippocampus.
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Salami P, Lévesque M, Benini R, Behr C, Gotman J, Avoli M. Dynamics of interictal spikes and high-frequency oscillations during epileptogenesis in temporal lobe epilepsy. Neurobiol Dis 2014; 67:97-106. [PMID: 24686305 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2014.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2014] [Revised: 03/10/2014] [Accepted: 03/20/2014] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) is characterized in humans and in animal models by a seizure-free latent phase that follows an initial brain insult; this period is presumably associated to plastic changes in temporal lobe excitability and connectivity. Here, we analyzed the occurrence of interictal spikes and high frequency oscillations (HFOs; ripples: 80-200Hz and fast ripples: 250-500Hz) from 48h before to 96h after the first seizure in the rat pilocarpine model of MTLE. Interictal spikes recorded with depth EEG electrodes from the hippocampus CA3 area and entorhinal cortex (EC) were classified as type 1 (characterized by a spike followed by a wave) or type 2 (characterized by a spike with no wave). We found that: (i) there was a switch in the distribution of both types of interictal spikes before and after the occurrence of the first seizure; during the latent phase both types of interictal spikes predominated in the EC whereas during the chronic phase both types of spikes predominated in CA3; (ii) type 2 spike duration decreased in both regions from the latent to the chronic phase; (iii) type 2 spikes associated to fast ripples occurred at higher rates in EC compared to CA3 during the latent phase while they occurred at similar rates in both regions in the chronic phase; and (iv) rates of fast ripples outside of spikes were higher in EC compared to CA3 during the latent phase. Our findings demonstrate that the transition from the latent to the chronic phase is paralleled by dynamic changes in interictal spike and HFO expression in EC and CA3. We propose that these changes may represent biomarkers of epileptogenicity in MTLE.
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- Pariya Salami
- Montreal Neurological Institute and Departments of Neurology & Neurosurgery and of Physiology, McGill University, Montréal, H3A 2B4 QC, Canada
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- Montreal Neurological Institute and Departments of Neurology & Neurosurgery and of Physiology, McGill University, Montréal, H3A 2B4 QC, Canada
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- Montreal Neurological Institute and Departments of Neurology & Neurosurgery and of Physiology, McGill University, Montréal, H3A 2B4 QC, Canada
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- Montreal Neurological Institute and Departments of Neurology & Neurosurgery and of Physiology, McGill University, Montréal, H3A 2B4 QC, Canada
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- Montreal Neurological Institute and Departments of Neurology & Neurosurgery and of Physiology, McGill University, Montréal, H3A 2B4 QC, Canada
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- Montreal Neurological Institute and Departments of Neurology & Neurosurgery and of Physiology, McGill University, Montréal, H3A 2B4 QC, Canada.
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Involvement of thalamus in initiation of epileptic seizures induced by pilocarpine in mice. Neural Plast 2014; 2014:675128. [PMID: 24778885 PMCID: PMC3981117 DOI: 10.1155/2014/675128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2013] [Accepted: 02/05/2014] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Studies have suggested that thalamus is involved in temporal lobe epilepsy, but the role of thalamus is still unclear. We obtained local filed potentials (LFPs) and single-unit activities from CA1 of hippocampus and parafascicular nucleus of thalamus during the development of epileptic seizures induced by pilocarpine in mice. Two measures, redundancy and directionality index, were used to analyze the electrophysiological characters of neuronal activities and the information flow between thalamus and hippocampus. We found that LFPs became more regular during the seizure in both hippocampus and thalamus, and in some cases LFPs showed a transient disorder at seizure onset. The variation tendency of the peak values of cross-correlation function between neurons matched the variation tendency of the redundancy of LFPs. The information tended to flow from thalamus to hippocampus during seizure initiation period no matter what the information flow direction was before the seizure. In some cases the information flow was symmetrically bidirectional, but none was found in which the information flowed from hippocampus to thalamus during the seizure initiation period. In addition, inactivation of thalamus by tetrodotoxin (TTX) resulted in a suppression of seizures. These results suggest that thalamus may play an important role in the initiation of epileptic seizures.
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Seizure initiation and propagation in the pilocarpine rat model of temporal lobe epilepsy. J Neurosci 2013; 33:16409-11. [PMID: 24133247 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3687-13.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Murase S. A new model for developmental neuronal death and excitatory/inhibitory balance in hippocampus. Mol Neurobiol 2013; 49:316-25. [PMID: 23943504 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-013-8521-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2013] [Accepted: 07/22/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The nervous system develops through a program that produces neurons in excess and then eliminates approximately half during a period of naturally occurring death. Neuronal activity has been shown to promote the survival of neurons during this period by stimulating the production and release of neurotrophins. In the peripheral nervous system (PNS), neurons depends on neurotrophins that activate survival pathways, which explains how the size of target cells influences number of neurons that innervate them (neurotrophin hypothesis). However, in the central nervous system (CNS), the role of neurotrophins has not been clear. Contrary to the neurotrophin hypothesis, a recent study shows that, in neonatal hippocampus, neurotrophins cannot promote survival without spontaneous network activity: Neurotrophins recruit neurons into spontaneously active networks, and this activity determines which neurons survive. By placing neurotrophin upstream of activity in the survival signaling pathway, these new results change our understanding of how neurotrophins promote survival. Spontaneous, synchronized network activity begins to spread through both principle neurons and interneurons in the hippocampus as they enter the death period. At this stage, neurotransmission mediated by γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is excitatory and drives the spontaneous activity. An important recent observation is that neurotrophins preferentially recruit GABAergic neurons into spontaneously active networks; thus, neurotrophins select for survival only those neurons joined to active networks with strong GABAergic inputs, which would later become inhibitory. A proper excitatory/inhibitory (E/I) balance is critical for normal adult brain function. This balance may be especially important in the hippocampus where impairments in E/I balance are associated with pathologies including epilepsy. Here, I discuss the molecular mechanisms for survival in neonatal neurons, how these mechanisms change during development, and how they may be linked to degenerative diseases.
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- Sachiko Murase
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Neurological Disorder and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, 35 Lincoln Dr., Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA,
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