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Sasaoka K, Ohta H, Ishizuka T, Kojima K, Sasaki N, Takiguchi M. Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography detects the elevation of cerebral blood flow during ictal-phase of pentetrazol-induced seizures in dogs. Am J Vet Res 2022; 83:331-338. [DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.21.06.0085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVE
To investigate the association between changes in cerebral blood flow and electrographic epileptic seizure in dogs using transcranial Doppler ultrasonography (TCD).
ANIMALS
6 healthy Beagle dogs.
PROCEDURES
Each dog was administered pentetrazol (1.5 mg/kg/min) or saline (0.9% NaCl) solution under general anesthesia with continuous infusion of propofol. Both pentetrazol and saline solution were administered to all 6 dogs, with at least 28 days interval between the experiments. Blood flow waveforms in the middle cerebral artery and the basilar artery were obtained using TCD at baseline, after pentetrazol administration, and after diazepam administration. TCD velocities, including peak systolic velocity, end-diastolic velocity, and mean velocity and resistance variables, were determined from the Doppler waveforms.
RESULTS
During ictal-phase of pentetrazol-induced seizures, the TCD velocities significantly increased in the basilar and middle cerebral arteries while TCD vascular resistance variables did not change in either artery. The TCD velocities significantly decreased after diazepam administration. Systemic parameters, such as the heart rate, mean arterial pressure, systemic vascular resistance, cardiac index, end-tidal carbon dioxide, oxygen saturation, and body temperature, did not change significantly during seizures.
CLINICAL RELEVANCE
This study showed that cerebral blood flow, as obtained from TCD velocities, increased by 130% during ictal-phase of pentetrazol-induced seizures in dogs. The elevated velocities returned to baseline after seizure suppression. Thus, TCD may be used to detect electrographic seizures during the treatment of status epilepticus in dogs, and further clinical studies clarifying the association between changes in cerebral blood flow and non-convulsive seizure cases are needed.
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- Kazuyoshi Sasaoka
- 1Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan
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- 2Laboratory of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan
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- 1Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan
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- 2Laboratory of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan
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- 2Laboratory of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan
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- 2Laboratory of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan
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Ferlini L, Su F, Creteur J, Taccone FS, Gaspard N. Cerebral and systemic hemodynamic effect of recurring seizures. Sci Rep 2021; 11:22209. [PMID: 34782705 PMCID: PMC8593180 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-01704-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2021] [Accepted: 10/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The increase in neuronal activity induced by a single seizure is supported by a rise in the cerebral blood flow and tissue oxygenation, a mechanism called neurovascular coupling (NVC). Whether cerebral and systemic hemodynamics are able to match neuronal activity during recurring seizures is unclear, as data from rodent models are at odds with human studies. In order to clarify this issue, we used an invasive brain and systemic monitoring to study the effects of chemically induced non-convulsive seizures in sheep. Despite an increase in neuronal activity as seizures repeat (Spearman’s ρ coefficient 0.31, P < 0.001), ictal variations of cerebral blood flow remained stable while it progressively increased in the inter-ictal intervals (ρ = 0.06, P = 0.44 and ρ = 0.22; P = 0.008). We also observed a progressive reduction in the inter-ictal brain tissue oxygenation (ρ = − 0.18; P = 0.04), suggesting that NVC was unable to compensate for the metabolic demand of these closely repeating seizures. At the systemic level, there was a progressive reduction in blood pressure and a progressive rise in cardiac output (ρ = − 0.22; P = 0.01 and ρ = 0.22; P = 0.01, respectively), suggesting seizure-induced autonomic dysfunction.
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- Lorenzo Ferlini
- Department of Neurology, Erasme Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, Erasme Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium.
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Safavi SM, Valisharifabad N, Sabino RC, Tran D, Lin J, Lopour B, Chou PH. Investigation of Morphological Variations of Photoplethysmography Signal in Human Epilepsy. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2020; 2020:2687-2690. [PMID: 33018560 DOI: 10.1109/embc44109.2020.9175400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The purpose of this study is to analyse the ictal variations in peripheral blood flow using photoplethysmogram (PPG) and single lead Electrocardiogram (ECG) signals. 11 subjects with 56 partial seizures were recorded with the PPG sensor worn on their left ankles. 6 different features from PPG pulse morphology related to hemodynamics were derived. The seizures were divided into two groups based on the side of the seizure activity. The investigation of ictal variations in features did not show any significant difference between the seizures' lateralizations. The analysis of latencies of ictal changes in the PPG features revealed the PPG pulse amplitude precede the variations in other PPG features including ictal heart rate variability. In addition, analysis of the effect of seizure lengths on ictal variations showed the seizures' lengths have no significant effect on the feature variation rates.Clinical relevance- Analysis of the extracted PPG features and their timing suggest an increase in vascular resistance due to increase in sympathetic tone which occurs prior to the ictal tachycardia. These variations is independent of the seizures' lengths and lateralizations.
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Little JG, Bealer SL. β adrenergic blockade prevents cardiac dysfunction following status epilepticus in rats. Epilepsy Res 2011; 99:233-9. [PMID: 22209271 DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2011.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2011] [Revised: 10/27/2011] [Accepted: 12/01/2011] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Status epilepticus (SE) can result in temporary cardiac dysfunction in patients, characterized by reduced ejection fraction, decreased ventricular contractility, and alterations in electrical activity of the heart. Although reversible, the cardiac effects of seizures are acutely life threatening, and may contribute to the delayed mortality following SE. The precise mechanisms mediating acute cardiac dysfunctions are not known. These studies evaluated effects of self-sustaining limbic SE in rats on cardiac performance 24h following seizures, and determined if sympathetic nervous system activation during seizures contributed to cardiac dysfunction. Rats subjected to SE received either vehicle (saline) or the B1 adrenergic antagonist atenolol (AT) prior to and during 90 min of seizure activity. Control rats were similarly treated, except they did not undergo seizures. Twenty-four hours after SE, animals were anesthetized and catheterized for measurement of cardiac performance variables. Animals undergoing SE demonstrated significantly reduced cardiac output, decreased ventricular contractility and relaxation, increased blood pressure, and prolonged QT interval. However, heart rate was not altered. Treatment with AT prevented all changes in cardiac performance due to SE, and attenuated the increase in QT interval. These data demonstrate that SE in the rat results in cardiac dysfunction 24h following seizures, mediated by the sympathetic nervous system.
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- Jason G Little
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, United States
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Metcalf CS, Poelzing S, Little JG, Bealer SL. Status epilepticus induces cardiac myofilament damage and increased susceptibility to arrhythmias in rats. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2009; 297:H2120-7. [PMID: 19820194 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00724.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Status epilepticus (SE) is a seizure or series of seizures that persist for >30 min and often results in mortality. Death rarely occurs during or immediately following seizure activity, but usually within 30 days. Although ventricular arrhythmias have been implicated in SE-related mortality, the effects of this prolonged seizure activity on the cardiac function and susceptibility to arrhythmias have not been directly investigated. We evaluated myocardial damage, alterations in cardiac electrical activity, and susceptibility to experimentally induced arrhythmias produced by SE in rats. SE resulted in seizure-related increases in blood pressure, heart rate, and the first derivative of pressure, as well as modest, diffuse myocyte damage assessed by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP-biotin nick end labeling staining. Ten to twelve days following seizures, electrocardiographic recordings showed arrhythmogenic alterations in cardiac electrical activity, denoted by prolonged QT interval corrected for heart rate and QT dispersion. Finally, SE increased susceptibility to experimentally induced (intravenous aconitine) cardiac arrhythmias. These data suggest that SE produces tachycardic ischemia following the activation of the sympathetic nervous system, resulting in cardiac myofilament damage, arrhythmogenic alterations in cardiac electrical activity, and increased susceptibility to ventricular arrhythmias.
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- Cameron S Metcalf
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Utah, 30 S. 2000 East Rm. 201, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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Metcalf CS, Radwanski PB, Bealer SL. Status epilepticus produces chronic alterations in cardiac sympathovagal balance. Epilepsia 2009; 50:747-54. [PMID: 18727681 DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01764.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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PURPOSE Status epilepticus (SE) activates the autonomic nervous system, increasing sympathetic nervous system control of cardiac function during seizure activity. However, lasting effects of SE on autonomic regulation of the heart, which may contribute to mortality following seizure activity, are unknown. Therefore, autonomic control of cardiac function was assessed following SE. METHODS Using Sprague-Dawley rats after 1-2 weeks of recovery from lithium-pilocarpine-induced SE or control procedures, we tested overall sympathovagal control of the heart, the individual contributions of the sympathetic and parasympathetic components of the autonomic nervous system, and baroreflex sensitivity. RESULTS SE induced a chronic shift in sympathovagal balance toward sympathetic dominance resulting from decreased parasympathetic activity. Baroreflex sensitivity to increased blood pressure was also decreased, likely resulting from diminished vagal activation. DISCUSSION Chronic alterations in autonomic regulation of cardiac function, characterized by increased sympathetic dominance, occur following SE and likely contribute to subsequent increased cardiac risk and mortality.
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- Cameron S Metcalf
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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Prise en charge non spécifique de l’état de mal épileptique convulsif. Rev Neurol (Paris) 2009; 165:348-54. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neurol.2008.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2008] [Accepted: 11/25/2008] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Quaedackers JS, Roelfsema V, Heineman E, Gunn AJ, Bennet L. The role of the sympathetic nervous system in postasphyxial intestinal hypoperfusion in the pre-term sheep fetus. J Physiol 2004; 557:1033-44. [PMID: 15073276 PMCID: PMC1665158 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2004.062554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Asphyxia in utero in pre-term fetuses is associated with evolving hypoperfusion of the gut after the insult. We examined the role of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) in mediating this secondary hypoperfusion. Gut blood flow changes were also assessed during postasphyxial seizures. Preterm fetal sheep at 70% of gestation (103-104 days, term is 147 days) underwent sham asphyxia or asphyxia induced by 25 min of complete cord occlusion and fetuses were studied for 3 days afterwards. Phentolamine (10 mg bolus plus 10 mg h(-1)i.v.) or saline was infused for 8 h starting 15 min after the end of asphyxia or sham asphyxia. Phentolamine blocked the fall in superior mesenteric artery blood flow (SMABF) after asphyxia and there was a significant decrease in MAP for the first 3 h of infusion (33 +/- 1.6 mmHg versus vehicle 36.7 +/- 0.8 mmHg, P < 0.005). During seizures SMABF fell significantly (8.3 +/- 2.3 versus 11.4 +/- 2.7 ml min(-1), P < 0.005), and SMABF was more than 10% below baseline for 13.0 +/- 1.7 min per seizure (versus seizure duration of 78.1 +/- 7.2 s). Phentolamine was associated with earlier onset of seizures (5.0 +/- 0.4 versus 7.1 +/- 0.7 h, P < 0.05), but no change in amplitude or duration, and prevented the fall in SMABF. In conclusion, the present study confirms the hypothesis that postasphyxial hypoperfusion of the gut is strongly mediated by the SNS. The data highlight the importance of sympathetic activity in the initial elevation of blood pressure after asphyxia and are consistent with a role for the mesenteric system as a key resistance bed that helps to maintain perfusion in other, more vulnerable systems.
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- Josine S Quaedackers
- Department of Anatomy, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019 Auckland, New Zealand
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BACKGROUND Asystole is an uncommon but potentially fatal complication of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Several risks for poststimulus asystole have been described, but risks for asystole at other times have not. METHOD Two instances of ECT postictal asystole in healthy adult males are reported. Features in common are identified. RESULTS features shared differ from risk factors for poststimulus asystole. In common were adult but not geriatric age, male sex, good physical and cardiac health, mesomorphic habitus, anticholinergic pretreatment, vigorous ECT seizure, and low resting heart rate. Both patients showed postictal bradyarrhythmia at the previous ECT. CONCLUSIONS Postictal asystole has apparent similarities to postexertional asystole in athletes. The combination of higher pretreatment doses of an atropinic agent, a sympatholytic agent, and close monitoring of postictal cardiac rhythm should be considered with patients similar to ours, especially after occurrence of postictal bradyarrhythmia.
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- Shyam K Bhat
- Department of Psychiatry, Southern Illinois University, Springfield, Illinois 62794-9642, USA
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Iemitsu M, Miyauchi T, Maeda S, Sakai S, Kobayashi T, Fujii N, Miyazaki H, Matsuda M, Yamaguchi I. Physiological and pathological cardiac hypertrophy induce different molecular phenotypes in the rat. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2001; 281:R2029-36. [PMID: 11705790 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.2001.281.6.r2029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Pressure overload, such as hypertension, to the heart causes pathological cardiac hypertrophy, whereas chronic exercise causes physiological cardiac hypertrophy, which is defined as athletic heart. There are differences in cardiac properties between these two types of hypertrophy. We investigated whether mRNA expression of various cardiovascular regulating factors differs in rat hearts that are physiologically and pathologically hypertrophied, because we hypothesized that these two types of cardiac hypertrophy induce different molecular phenotypes. We used the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR group; 19 wk old) as a model of pathological hypertrophy and swim-trained rats (trained group; 19 wk old, swim training for 15 wk) as a model of physiological hypertrophy. We also used sedentary Wistar-Kyoto rats as the control group (19 wk old). Left ventricular mass index for body weight was significantly higher in SHR and trained groups than in the control group. Expression of brain natriuretic peptide, angiotensin-converting enzyme, and endothelin-1 mRNA in the heart was significantly higher in the SHR group than in control and trained groups. Expression of adrenomedullin mRNA in the heart was significantly lower in the trained group than in control and SHR groups. Expression of beta(1)-adrenergic receptor mRNA in the heart was significantly higher in SHR and trained groups than in the control group. Expression of beta(1)-adrenergic receptor kinase mRNA, which inhibits beta(1)-adrenergic receptor activity, in the heart was markedly higher in the SHR group than in control and trained groups. We demonstrated for the first time that the manner of mRNA expression of various cardiovascular regulating factors in the heart differs between physiological and pathological cardiac hypertrophy.
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MESH Headings
- Actins/genetics
- Adrenomedullin
- Animals
- Blood Pressure/physiology
- Body Weight
- Cardiomegaly/genetics
- Cardiomegaly/pathology
- Disease Models, Animal
- Gene Expression Regulation/physiology
- Hemodynamics/physiology
- Natriuretic Peptide, Brain/genetics
- Peptides/genetics
- Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A/genetics
- Phenotype
- Physical Conditioning, Animal/physiology
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred SHR
- Rats, Inbred WKY
- Receptor, Muscarinic M2
- Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-1/genetics
- Receptors, Muscarinic/genetics
- Reference Values
- Swimming
- Transcription, Genetic
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Affiliation(s)
- M Iemitsu
- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0006, Japan
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Sunderam S, Osorio I, Watkins JF, Wilkinson SB, Frei MG, Davis RE. Vagal and sciatic nerve stimulation have complex, time-dependent effects on chemically-induced seizures: a controlled study. Brain Res 2001; 918:60-6. [PMID: 11684042 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(01)02928-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Previous studies of the effects of electrical vagus stimulation on experimental seizures were without suitable controls or statistical validation, and ignored the potential role of vagally-induced hemodynamic depression on seizure expression. This study addresses these limitations. The effects of periodic left vagus nerve stimulation (LVNS) on chemically-induced seizures in rats were compared with control groups receiving no stimulation (NoS), left sciatic nerve stimulation (LSNS) and LVNS after pretreatment with methyl atropine (MA-LVNS). Stimulation followed a 30 s on-120 s off cycle over 130 min. Seizures were scored visually and the temporal variation of their probability P(s) across the stimulation cycle was measured statistically. P(s) was significantly different (P<0.01) for all groups: LSNS had the highest and MA-LVNS the lowest seizure probability; LVNS and NoS had intermediate values. While LVNS blocked seizures, it also precipitated them, explaining why its anti-seizure effect was only slightly greater than NoS. Neither LVNS nor MA-LVNS induced changes in cortical rhythms ('activation') associated with decreased P(s), unlike LSNS which increased cortical rhythm synchrony and with it, P(s). LVNS alone induced marked bradycardia and moderate hypoxemia. In conclusion, cranial and peripheral nerve stimulation have complex, time-varying effects on cerebral excitability: low frequency LSNS facilitated seizures, while LVNS both suppressed and facilitated them. The anti-seizure effect of LVNS was small and may have, in part, been due to a hemodynamically-induced deficit in energy substrates. The effects of MA-LVNS on seizure duration and P(s) raise the possibility that, in the absence of hemodynamic depression, stimulation of this nerve does not have a strong anti-seizure effect.
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- S Sunderam
- Flint Hills Scientific L.L.C., 5020 W15th St. Suite A, Lawrence, KS 66049, USA
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Status epilepticus is common and associated with significant mortality and complications. It affects approximately 50 patients per 100,000 population annually and recurs in >13%. History of epilepsy is the strongest single risk factor for generalized convulsive status epilepticus. More than 15% of patients with epilepsy have at least one episode of status epilepticus and low antiepileptic drug levels are a potentially modifiable risk factor. Other risks include young age, genetic predisposition, and acquired brain insults. Fever is a very common risk in children, as is stroke in adults. Mortality rates are 15% to 20% in adults and 3% to 15% in children. Acute complications result from hyperthermia, pulmonary edema, cardiac arrhythmias, and cardiovascular collapse. Long-term complications include epilepsy (20% to 40%), encephalopathy (6% to 15%), and focal neurologic deficits (9% to 11%). Neuronal injury leading to temporal lobe epilepsy is probably mediated by excess excitation via activation of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) subtype of glutamate receptors and consequent elevated intracellular calcium that causes acute necrosis and delayed apoptotic cell death. Some forms of nonconvulsive status epilepticus may also lead to neuronal injury by this mechanism, but others may not. Based on clinical and experimental observations, complex partial status epilepticus is more likely to result in neuronal injury similar to generalized convulsive status epilepticus. Absence status epilepticus is much less likely to result in neuronal injury, and complications because it may be mediated primarily through excess inhibition. Future research strategies to prevent complications of status epilepticus include the study of new drugs (including NMDA antagonists, new drug delivery systems, and drug combinations) to stop seizure activity and prevent acute and delayed neuronal injury that leads to the development of epilepsy.
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- N B Fountain
- Department of Neurology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, USA
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Perrone BL, Vari RC, Kreisman NR. Recurrent seizures alter renal function and plasma atrial natriuretic peptide levels in rats. Epilepsia 1995; 36:649-57. [PMID: 7555980 DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1995.tb01041.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Status epilepticus can lead to impaired renal function, which has been attributed to complications of myoglobinuria. We confirmed changes in renal function in the absence of myoglobinuria by measuring renal hemodynamics, fluid and electrolyte excretions, and plasma levels of renin and atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) before and after a 30-min period of recurrent generalized seizures in anesthetized, paralyzed rats. Renal plasma flow (RPF), renal blood flow (RBF) and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) decreased by approximately 60% after seizures. In contrast, urinary sodium excretion, urine flow, and plasma ANP levels increased approximately threefold. Urinary potassium excretion and plasma renin levels were unchanged. Renal function is profoundly altered after 30 min of seizures, primarily due to intense renal vasoconstriction precipitating a dramatic reduction in GFR. The concomitant increases in sodium and urine excretion may be mediated by the marked increase in plasma ANP levels. The decreases in GFR and RBF might contribute to the renal failure observed in some patients after status epilepticus.
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- B L Perrone
- Department of Physiology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112-2699, USA
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