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de Curtis M, Rossetti AO, Verde DV, van Vliet EA, Ekdahl CT. Brain pathology in focal status epilepticus: evidence from experimental models. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2021; 131:834-846. [PMID: 34517036 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2021] [Revised: 09/02/2021] [Accepted: 09/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Status Epilepticus (SE) is often a neurological emergency characterized by abnormally sustained, longer than habitual seizures. The new ILAE classification reports that SE "…can have long-term consequences including neuronal death, neuronal injury…depending on the type and duration of seizures". While it is accepted that generalized convulsive SE exerts detrimental effects on the brain, it is not clear if other forms of SE, such as focal non-convulsive SE, leads to brain pathology and contributes to long-term deficits in patients. With the available clinical and experimental data, it is hard to discriminate the specific action of the underlying SE etiologies from that exerted by epileptiform activity. This information is highly relevant in the clinic for better treatment stratification, which may include both medical and surgical intervention for seizure control. Here we review experimental studies of focal SE, with an emphasis on focal non-convulsive SE. We present a repertoire of brain pathologies observed in the most commonly used animal models and attempt to establish a link between experimental findings and human condition(s). The extensive literature on focal SE animal models suggest that the current approaches have significant limitations in terms of translatability of the findings to the clinic. We highlight the need for a more stringent description of SE features and brain pathology in experimental studies in animal models, to improve the accuracy in predicting clinical translation.
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- Marco de Curtis
- Epilepsy Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto NeurologicoCarlo Besta, Milano, Italy.
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, University Hospital (CHUV) and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Epilepsy Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto NeurologicoCarlo Besta, Milano, Italy
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- Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, Center for Neuroscience, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, P.O. Box 94246, 1090 GE, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Department of (Neuro)Pathology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Division of Clinical Neurophysiology, Lund University, Sweden; Lund Epilepsy Center, Dept Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Sweden
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Shehab S, D’souza C, Ljubisavljevic M, Redgrave P. High-frequency electrical stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus excites target structures in a model using c-fos immunohistochemistry. Neuroscience 2014; 270:212-25. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2014] [Revised: 04/14/2014] [Accepted: 04/14/2014] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Lévesque M, Avoli M. The kainic acid model of temporal lobe epilepsy. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2013; 37:2887-99. [PMID: 24184743 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2013.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 358] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2013] [Revised: 10/16/2013] [Accepted: 10/22/2013] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The kainic acid model of temporal lobe epilepsy has greatly contributed to the understanding of the molecular, cellular and pharmacological mechanisms underlying epileptogenesis and ictogenesis. This model presents with neuropathological and electroencephalographic features that are seen in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. It is also characterized by a latent period that follows the initial precipitating injury (i.e., status epilepticus) until the appearance of recurrent seizures, as observed in the human condition. Finally, the kainic acid model can be reproduced in a variety of species using either systemic, intrahippocampal or intra-amygdaloid administrations. In this review, we describe the various methodological procedures and evaluate their differences with respect to the behavioral, electroencephalographic and neuropathological correlates. In addition, we compare the kainic acid model with other animal models of temporal lobe epilepsy such as the pilocarpine and the kindling model. We conclude that the kainic acid model is a reliable tool for understanding temporal lobe epilepsy, provided that the differences existing between methodological procedures are taken into account.
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- Maxime Lévesque
- Montreal Neurological Institute and Departments of Neurology & Neurosurgery, and of Physiology, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada H3A 2B4
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Pavlova TV, Yakovlev AA, Stepanichev MY, Gulyaeva NV. Pentylenetetrazol kindling in rats: Is neurodegeneration associated with manifestations of convulsive activity? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 36:741-8. [PMID: 16841155 DOI: 10.1007/s11055-006-0082-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2005] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Structural changes in neurons and measures of oxidative stress were studied in the hippocampus of rats tolerant (ST) and sensitive (SS) to developing clonic-tonic seizures in conditions of pentylenetetrazol kindling. Sequences of 11 injections of pentylenetetrazol significantly decreased the number of normal neurons in hippocampal field CA1 in SS rats, this effect being seen in both hippocampal field CA1 and the dentate fascia in ST rats. Decreases in the numbers of normal neurons were accompanied by increases in the numbers of damaged cells in field CA4 in rats of both groups. After 21 injections, decreases in the numbers of normal neurons were seen in field CA1 in both SS and ST rats, while the numbers of damaged neurons were significantly greater than control only in ST rats in fields CA1 and CA4. The glutathione level was significantly lower in the hippocampus in both groups of rats than in controls. Thus, rats " tolerant" to developing convulsions show signs of oxidative stress and neurodegenerative changes in the hippocampus. This suggests that oxidative neuron damage leading to neurodegeneration in the pentylenetetrazol kindling model is not directly associated with convulsive activity.
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- T V Pavlova
- Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 5a Butlerov Street, 117485 Moscow, Russia
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Yang H, Taché Y, Ohning G, Go VLW. Activation of raphe pallidus neurons increases insulin through medullary thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH)-vagal pathways. Pancreas 2002; 25:301-7. [PMID: 12370543 DOI: 10.1097/00006676-200210000-00014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Pancreatic insulin secretion is regulated by the vagus nerve. Medullary thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) containing projections from the raphe pallidus (Rpa) neurons innervate vagal preganglionic motor neurons in the dorsal vagal complex (DVC) and are involved in vagal regulation of gastric functions. AIM To investigate whether chemical stimulation of Rpa neurons influences circulating insulin levels through brain medullary TRH-vagal pathways. METHODOLOGY In fasted, pentobarbital-anesthetized rats, kainic acid (10 ng/50 nL) was microinjected into the Rpa, and serum insulin levels were measured. Gastric acid secretion was monitored as a control of vagally mediated visceral response. RESULTS Chemical stimulation of Rpa neuronal cell bodies significantly increased serum insulin levels. Values before and at 30, 60, and 90 minutes after the microinjection of kainic acid were 0.34 +/- 0.02, 0.54 +/- 0.06, 0.60 +/- 0.06, and 0.99 +/- 0.13 ng/mL, respectively. In the same rats, gastric acid secretion was stimulated (basal, 2.3 +/- 0.6, versus 26.1 +/- 8.6 micromol/15 min at 30 minutes). Microinjections outside of the Rpa had no effect. The Rpa stimulation-induced increase in serum insulin could be mimicked by DVC microinjection of TRH analog, completely prevented by bilateral cervical vagotomy, and significantly reduced by bilateral microinjection of TRH antibody into the DVC. CONCLUSION Chemical activation of Rpa neurons increases pancreatic insulin release through medullary TRH and vagal-mediated pathways.
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- Hong Yang
- Center for Ulcer Research & Education, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, UCLA Department of Medicine, and Brain Research Institute, Los Angeles, California 90073, USA.
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Kubová H, Mikulecká A, Haugvicová R, Langmeier M, Mares P. Nonconvulsive Seizures Result in Behavioral but Not Electrophysiological Changes in Developing Rats. Epilepsy Behav 2001; 2:473-480. [PMID: 12609286 DOI: 10.1006/ebeh.2001.0243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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It is not known if nonconvulsive seizures lead to functional or morphological changes in immature rats. Therefore we studied consequences of such seizures induced by kainic acid (KA) on Postnatal Day (PD) 12 (2 mg/kg ip). The animals were examined electrophysiologically (cortical epileptic afterdischarges (ADs) were elicited in rats with implanted electrodes on PD 14, 18 or 25) and behaviorally (open field was studied in another group of animals on PDs 18 and 25). Hippocampal and cortical morphology was checked by light microscopy (Nissl staining) on PDs 18 and/or 25. Another group of rats was injected with a 6 mg/kg dose of KA on PD 18 and examined on PD 25. The dose of KA used induced only nonconvulsive seizures characterized by automatisms (scratching on PD 12, wet dog shakes on PD 18). Cortical ADs in animals stimulated on PD 14, 18, or 25 did not differ from those in control rats. KA-Treated rats exposed to open field two times (on PDs 18 and 25) exhibited more exploratory activities during the second exposure than control animals. A similar difference was noted in PD 25 rats injected with KA on PD 18. Qualitative histology did not reveal any obvious neuronal damage in hippocampus and cortex. These results demonstrate that nonconvulsive seizures induced at early developmental stages that do not result in observable electrophysiological and morphological changes may have delayed behavioral consequences.
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- Hana Kubová
- Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Videnská 1083, CZ, 142 20, Prague 4, Czech Republic
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Mikulecká A, Krsek P, Mares P. Nonconvulsive Kainic Acid-Induced Seizures Elicit Age-Dependent Impairment of Memory for the Elevated Plus-Maze. Epilepsy Behav 2000; 1:418-426. [PMID: 12737831 DOI: 10.1006/ebeh.2000.0122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The goal of this study was to evaluate changes in spatial learning in adult and immature rats during and after nonconvulsive seizures. An elevated plus-maze was used in 18- and 25-day-old and adult rats. Kainic acid (KA 6 mg/kg) was administered 60 minutes before the first exposure (Experiment 1) or after a 3-day pretraining (Experiment 2, only adult rats). Animals were retested three times with 24-hour intervals. EEG activity was monitored in 18-day-old rats. KA prolonged the transfer latency (TL) in all age groups. In the youngest group the TL was prolonged 24 hours after KA when epileptic EEG graphoelements were still registered. In both older groups, prolonged TL was measured only 60 minutes after KA. In the pretrained adults, significantly prolonged TLs persisted for 24 hours after KA. KA changed the performance of adult and immature rats in the elevated plus maze not only during nonconvulsive seizures but also 24 hours later.
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- Anna Mikulecká
- Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Vi;denská 1083, CZ 142 20, Prague 4, Czech Republic
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Yang H, Yuan PQ, Wang L, Taché Y. Activation of the parapyramidal region in the ventral medulla stimulates gastric acid secretion through vagal pathways in rats. Neuroscience 2000; 95:773-9. [PMID: 10670444 PMCID: PMC8086300 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(99)00490-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Neurons synthesizing thyrotropin-releasing hormone, substance P and serotonin in the medullary caudal raphe nuclei project to the dorsal vagal complex and play a role in the central vagal regulation of gastric function. Neurons in the parapyramidal region in the ventral medulla share similar biochemical coding and projections as those in the caudal raphe nuclei. The role of the parapyramidal region in the autonomic regulation of gastric acid secretion was investigated in urethane-anesthetized rats. Unilateral microinjection of kainate into the parapyramidal region at 10, 15 and 20 ng induced a dose-related stimulation of gastric acid secretion (net increases: 22.2+/-11.2, 40.5+/-8.5 and 89.8+/-19.4 micromol/60 min, respectively), while injection of vehicle had no effect (net change: -0.1+/-1.4 micromol/60 min). Time-course studies showed a nine-fold peak increase over basal at 30 min after parapyramidal injection of kainate (20 ng) and acid secretion returned to basal level at 70 min. Microinjections of kainate (15-20 ng) outside the parapyramidal region or into the parapyramidal region in vagotomized rats had no effect. Exposure to cold (4 degrees C) for 2 h, which is known to induce vagally mediated gastric secretory and motor responses through medullary thyrotropin-releasing hormone pathways, increased the number of Fos-positive cells in the caudal, middle and rostral parts of the parapyramidal region to 4.3+/-0.4, 9.4+/-0.9 and 18.4+/-1.6/section, respectively, compared with 0.1+/-0. 1, 0.1+/-0.0 and 0.7+/-0.6/section, respectively, in rats maintained at room temperature. Most of the Fos-labeled cells co-expressed pro-thyrotropin-releasing hormone messenger RNA signal and/or were serotonin immunoreactive. These data show that chemical activation of neurons in the parapyramidal region results in a vagal-dependent stimulation of gastric acid secretion and that acute cold exposure activates parapyramidal neurons containing pro-thyrotropin-releasing hormone and/or serotonin, suggesting a potential role of the parapyramidal region, in addition to the caudal raphe nuclei, as medullary sites involved in the vagal regulation of gastric function.
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- H Yang
- CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center, West Los Angeles VA Medical Center, Department of Medicine, UCLA, CA 90073, USA.
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The purpose of this study was to examine whether radiofrequency current density imaging (RF-CDI) can quantitatively monitor depolarizations evoked by excitatory amino acids in a rat's brain. To evoke depolarization, a glutamate receptor agonist, kainate, was administered into the right lateral ventricle. First, electroencephalographic activity was recorded in a basal condition and after the application of kainate. Complex behavioral patterns were observed. Second, impedance measurements were performed to assess the change in conductivity of the brain due to kainate at the Larmor frequency of the imager. Calculated changes were about 17%. Third, a set of current density images was obtained with RF-CDI before and after the administration of kainate. Kainate-induced excitatory changes were observed on current density images as brighter regions, mainly in the hippocampal area compared with the same area in the basal condition.
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- K Beravs
- Institute Jozef Stefan, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Yang H, Kawakubo K, Taché Y. Kainic acid into the parapyramidal region protects against gastric injury by ethanol. Eur J Pharmacol 1999; 372:R1-3. [PMID: 10395029 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(99)00241-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Neurons in the parapyramidal region of the ventral medulla project to the dorsal vagal complex and intermediolateral column. Kainic acid (0.5-5.0 ng) microinjected unilaterally into the parapyramidal region reduced 45% ethanol-induced gastric lesions by 50-60% in urethane anesthetized rats. Microinjections at sites nearby, but outside of the parapyramidal region, had no effect. These results provide the first evidence that the activation of parapyramidal region neurons influences gastric function and suggests a possible role of this ventral medulla region in gastric regulation.
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- H Yang
- West Los Angeles VA Medical Center, Department of Medicine, UCLA, CA 90073, USA
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Koryntová H, Slapal R, Langmeier M, Haugvicová R, Mares P. Effects of a subconvulsant dose of kainic acid on afterdischarges elicited by cortical stimulation in rats. Epilepsy Res 1997; 29:25-33. [PMID: 9416457 DOI: 10.1016/s0920-1211(97)00059-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that nonconvulsive seizures elicited by a low dose of kainic acid may induce acute as well as chronic changes in brain function. Cortical epileptic afterdischarges (ADs) characterized by spike-and-wave rhythm and clonic seizures of facial and forelimb muscles were elicited in adult male rats with chronically implanted electrodes. Four stimulations were given in each of four weekly sessions. In the second session, 26 animals were injected with kainic acid (6 mg/kg i.p.) and 19 rats received no injection. The acute effects of kainic acid were to increase the intensity of movements accompanying stimulation and abruptly prolong ADs. Epileptic ADs were followed by a depression of electrocorticographic activity in both noninjected and kainic acid groups. In addition, when kainate was administered, interictal spike activity was registered mostly in the occipital region. One and two weeks after kainate administration, i.e. in the third and fourth stimulation sessions, there was an increased incidence of transitions from spike-and-wave ADs to another, limbic type of afterdischarge. This functional change persisted although no obvious neuronal death was found in the hippocampi of 12 other rats that received the same dose of kainic acid.
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- H Koryntová
- Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague
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Eckersdorf B, Golebiewski H, Konopacki J. Kainic acid versus carbachol induced emotional-defensive response in the cat. Behav Brain Res 1996; 77:201-10. [PMID: 8762171 DOI: 10.1016/0166-4328(95)00223-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The emotional-defensive response (EDR) and accompanied neurotoxic and electroencephalographic (EEG) effects induced by injection of kainic acid (KA, 0.1; 0.2 microgram) into the midbrain periaqueductal grey region (PAG) and antero-medial hypothalamus (AMH) in the cat were examined and compared with EDR and accompanied neurotoxic and EEG effects induced by injection of cholinergic agent, carbachol (CCH), into the same sites. The injections of KA (0.2 microgram) into the PAG induced EDR which closely resembled the defense behavior typically observed after administration of CCH. However, in contrast to CCH-induced EDR, the defensive response induced by KA was found to be accompanied by EEG symptoms of epileptiform activity in the limbic cortex and a massive cell loss in the site of injection. It is proposed that KA-induced EDR and seizure activity may have resulted from the activation of different cell populations localized either in the vicinity of the injection (i.e., PAG region) and in the area remote from the injection loci, the limbic cortex. KA induced activation of PAG neuronal network would trigger the 'local response' (emotional-defensive response) and produce a remote effect-epileptiform activity.
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- B Eckersdorf
- Department of Neurobiology University of Lódź, Poland
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Ermakova IV, Zhulin VV. Recovery of behavioral functions following the transplantation of the embryonal striatum into the damaged amygdala of the rat brain. NEUROSCIENCE AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY 1996; 26:11-2. [PMID: 8801463 DOI: 10.1007/bf02391150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- I V Ermakova
- Laboratory of Compensatory Brain Functions:, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
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Shehab S, Simkins M, Dean P, Redgrave P. The dorsal midbrain anticonvulsant zone--I. Effects of locally administered excitatory amino acids or bicuculline on maximal electroshock seizures. Neuroscience 1995; 65:671-9. [PMID: 7609869 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(94)00515-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Microinjections of bicuculline methiodide into the dorsal midbrain anticonvulsant zone, a region which includes the caudal deep layers of the superior colliculus, the adjacent mesencephalic reticular formation and the intercollicular nucleus, suppress tonic hindlimb extension induced by maximal electroshock. The purpose of the present experiments was to establish the most effective and convenient method for eliciting anticonvulsant properties from the dorsal midbrain using the electroshock model of epilepsy. A comparison of different injections of excitatory amino acids and bicuculline into the dorsal midbrain of the rat showed: (i) injections of kainate suppressed hindlimb extension but only at substantially larger doses (i.e. 200-400 pmol) than 50 pmol of bicuculline, which produced generally superior effects; (ii) quisqualate provided only weak protection against tonic seizures at doses that produced neurotoxic effects (2-40 nmol); (iii) N-methyl-D-aspartate was ineffective at doses which produced mild clonic seizure in their own right (2-4 nmol) and also produced some evidence of neurotoxicity; (iv) the suppression of hindlimb extension by bicuculline was dose related, and the lowest bilateral dose for producing reliable suppression was 50 pmol/400 nl per side; and (v) a unilateral injection of 100 pmol/400 nl also reliably suppressed hindlimb extension. The latter finding had important implications for the design and interpretation of the following lesion study. Injections of bicuculline into the dorsal midbrain also produced defence-like behavioural responses that included running and biting; the intensity of these responses correlated with the suppression of hindlimb extension.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- S Shehab
- Department of Anatomy, University of Glasgow, U.K
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- G Sperk
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Innsbruck, Austria
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Effect of striatum tissue transplantation on behavioral functions and state of benzodiaze-pine receptors in rats with lesioned amygdala. NEUROPHYSIOLOGY+ 1994. [DOI: 10.1007/bf01053145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Balchen T, Berg M, Diemer NH. A paradox after systemic kainate injection in rats: lesser damage of hippocampal CA1 neurons after higher doses. Neurosci Lett 1993; 163:151-4. [PMID: 8309622 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(93)90369-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The pyramidal neuron loss in dorsal rat hippocampus was determined 4 days after i.p. administration of 10 or 20 mg/kg kainic acid (KA). Histological examination revealed that subtotal-to-total loss of the pyramidal neurons in both the CA3 and CA1 regions of hippocampus was produced after 10 mg/kg KA. At the higher dose, severe damage was evident in the CA3 region while no or only sporadic damage was observed in the CA1 region. These findings suggest that the high KA dose damaged the CA3 pyramidal neurons before excitatory input through the Schaffer collaterals produced irreversible damage to the CA1 pyramidal neurons.
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- T Balchen
- Institute of Neuropathology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Lees GJ, Leong W. Differential effects of NBQX on the distal and local toxicity of glutamate agonists administered intra-hippocampally. Brain Res 1993; 628:1-7. [PMID: 7508807 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(93)90930-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The ability of the non-NMDA glutamate antagonist NBQX (2,3-dihydroxy-6-nitro-7-sulphamoyl-benzo(F)quinoxaline) to protect the brain against the neuronal death caused by glutamate agonists was examined. Glutamate agonists and NBQX were co-injected into the dorsal region of the rat hippocampus and 4 days later the brain was examined histochemically for the loss of neurons. 95 nmol NBQX prevented the toxicity of glutamate agonists acting on the AMPA receptor (quisqualate and AMPA [L-alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionate]), except for the higher dose of AMPA where toxicity was only partially reduced. This dose of NBQX also prevented about 50% of the toxicity of kainate, but produced a slight increase in the size of the lesions caused by NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate). With 190 nmol NBQX, a variable degree of non-specific damage resulted, but was mainly confined to the dentate region. Allowing for this damage, almost complete protection against the toxicity of non-NMDA glutamate agonists was obtained, with a partial protection against NMDA toxicity. Kainate, and a high dose of AMPA (2 nmol), consistently caused neuronal death in other limbic regions of the brain in addition to the hippocampal damage. About 50% of rats treated with 15 nmol quisqualate also showed damage to limbic regions. Both doses of NBQX prevented this distal damage caused by quisqualate, but not that caused by kainate. With AMPA, only the high dose of NBQX blocked the distal toxicity. Diazepam also blocked the distal toxicity of AMPA, but had only a minor effect on the hippocampal damage.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- G J Lees
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Science, School of Medicine, University of Auckland, New Zealand
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Jefferys JG, Evans BJ, Hughes SA, Williams SF. Neuropathology of the chronic epileptic syndrome induced by intrahippocampal tetanus toxin in rat: preservation of pyramidal cells and incidence of dark cells. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 1992; 18:53-70. [PMID: 1579200 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.1992.tb00764.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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A few nanograms of tetanus toxin injected into a rat hippocampus causes a chronic epileptic syndrome characterized by brief seizures that recur intermittently for about 6 weeks. Cognitive and other behavioural impairments persist after the seizures and other epileptic electrographic activity have remitted, and may be permanent. Our previous studies suggested that the behavioural changes following seizure remission were an indication of functional impairment associated with decreased neuronal excitability rather than with neuronal loss. The conclusion that neurons were preserved relied on qualitative histological observations and, indirectly, on electrophysiological measurements of the amplitudes of antidromic population spikes. Recently, gross histopathology has been described in a quantitative histological study of rats 7-10 days after they had received rather higher doses of intrahippocampal tetanus toxin. Here we report a quantitative histological study of hippocampi from rats which had gained remission from seizures induced by low doses of tetanus toxin. Adult Sprague Dawley rats received unilateral injections of 3-4 ng (about 6-8 mouse LD50) tetanus toxin, or vehicle, into the dorsal hippocampus. The first experiment confirmed that postsynaptic evoked responses recorded from pyramidal cells were depressed 10-19 weeks after injection. Unexpectedly, there also was a decrease of 20% in the antidromic response from CA3a contralateral to the injection. However, cell counts in these hippocampi revealed no change in pyramidal cell numbers. The second experiment used rats from two breeding colonies, prepared for histology 7 weeks after injection. Hippocampal pyramidal cell numbers were within the normal range in all but three of the 24 rats that had received tetanus toxin. These three had lesions of the CA1 pyramidal layer contralateral to the injection. The lesions were of the order of 2 mm in diameter, and were associated with glial proliferation. When these three cases were excluded, there remained a small increase in glial density in CA1 of the toxin-injected rats. In addition, toxin-injected rats from one of the colonies were susceptible to a pathology known as acidophylic or dark cell change. These occurred in 11 of 18 toxin-injected rats from this colony, in all divisions of the pyramidal layer, in both the injected and the contralateral hippocampus (where parallel studies revealed independent secondary epileptic foci). We conclude that loss of pyramidal neurons is not necessary for the persistent behavioural changes in this model.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- J G Jefferys
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, St Mary's Hospital Medical School, Imperial College, University of London, UK
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Lees GJ, Lehmann A, Sandberg M, Hamberger A. The neurotoxicity of ouabain, a sodium-potassium ATPase inhibitor, in the rat hippocampus. Neurosci Lett 1990; 120:159-62. [PMID: 1705675 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(90)90027-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Intrahippocampal injection of 1 nmol ouabain, a sodium/potassium (Na+,K(+)-)ATPase inhibitor, produced a necrotic lesion within 4 days, characterised by a massive invasion by foaming macrophages. A lower dose of ouabain (0.1 nmol) produced a more discrete lesion of all groups of neuronal perikarya in the hippocampus, with only a minimal degree of glial infiltration. The neuronal perikaryal death produced in the subicular, CA1 and CA2 regions was only partially decreased by intraperitoneal injections of the anticonvulsants diazepam and MK-801; these drugs were without effect in the CA3 or hilar interneuronal regions. At neither dose of ouabain was there any indication of neuronal loss in brain regions outside the hippocampus, typically produced by prolonged seizure activity. It is suggested that ouabain has a two-fold action, a release of toxic acidic amino acids and a prolonged depolarization of neurons leading to osmolysis or calcium necrosis.
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- G J Lees
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Science, University of Auckland, New Zealand
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The kainic acid model of human temporal lobe epilepsy: The superiority of intra-amygdaloid injection versus other application routes. Amino Acids 1990. [DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-2262-7_54] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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