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Li W, Jiang Y, Li X, Huang H, Lei D, Li J, Zhang H, Yao D, Luo C, Gong Q, Zhou D, An D. More extensive structural damage in temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis type 1. Seizure 2023; 111:130-137. [PMID: 37633152 DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2023.08.003] [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: 03/23/2023] [Revised: 08/04/2023] [Accepted: 08/06/2023] [Indexed: 08/28/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To explore clinical and structural differences between mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (mTLE) patients with different hippocampal sclerosis (HS) subtypes. METHODS High-resolution T1-weighted MRI and diffusion tensor imaging data were obtained in 41 refractory mTLE patients and 52 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. Postoperative histopathological examination confirmed HS type 1 in 30 patients and HS type 2 in eleven patients. Clinical features, postoperative seizure outcomes, hippocampal subfields volumes, fractional anisotropy (FA) values of white matter regions and graph theory parameters were explored and compared between the HS type 1 and HS type 2 groups. RESULTS No significant differences in clinical features and postsurgical seizure outcomes were found between the HS type 1 and type 2 groups. However, the HS type 1 group showed extra atrophy in ipsilateral parasubiculum than healthy controls and more severe atrophy in contralateral hippocampal fissure than the HS type 2 group. More extensive FA decrease were also observed in the HS type 1 group, involving ipsilateral optic radiation, superior fronto-occipital fasciculus, contralateral uncinate fasciculus, tapetum, bilateral hippocampal cingulum, corona radiata, etc. Furthermore, in spite of similar impairments in characteristic path length, global efficiency and local efficiency in two HS groups, the HS type 1 group showed additional decrease of clustering coefficient than healthy controls. CONCLUSIONS HS type 1 and 2 groups had similar clinical characteristics and postoperative seizure outcomes. More widespread neuronal cell loss in the HS type 1 group contributed to more extensive structural damage and connectivity abnormality. These results shed new light on the imaging correlates of different HS pathology.
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- Wei Li
- Department of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China; National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, Department of Gerontology and Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, Center for Information in Medicine, School of life Science and technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Huaxi MR Research Center, Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, Center for Information in Medicine, School of life Science and technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Huaxi MR Research Center, Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, Center for Information in Medicine, School of life Science and technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Lab for Neuroinformation, Center for Information in Medicine, School of life Science and technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Huaxi MR Research Center, Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
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- Department of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
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- Department of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
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Resveratrol Ameliorates Trigeminal Neuralgia-Induced Cognitive Deficits by Regulating Neural Ultrastructural Remodelling and the CREB/BDNF Pathway in Rats. OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY 2022; 2022:4926678. [PMID: 36478990 PMCID: PMC9722315 DOI: 10.1155/2022/4926678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2022] [Revised: 10/17/2022] [Accepted: 11/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Chronic pain often leads to cognitive impairment. Resveratrol (Res), a natural polyphenol existing in Polygonum cuspidatum, has been widely investigated for its antinociceptive, anti-inflammatory, and neuroprotective properties. Our aim was to explore the ameliorating effects of resveratrol on pain-related behaviors and learning and memory deficits induced by cobra venom-induced trigeminal neuralgia (TN). The TN model of rats was established by injecting cobra venom solution beneath the epineurium of the infraorbital nerve. Resveratrol was intragastrically administered at a dose of 40 mg/kg twice daily beginning on postoperative day 15. CREB inhibitor 666-15 was intraperitoneally administered at a dose of 10 mg/kg from POD 35-42 after morning resveratrol treatment. Mechanical allodynia was measured via von Frey filaments. Rat free movement was videotaped and analyzed. Spatial learning and memory were evaluated via the Morris water maze test. Ultrastructures of the hippocampal DG region and infraorbital nerve were observed by transmission electron microscopy. We found that resveratrol alleviated TN-induced allodynia, ameliorated learning and memory deficits, restored the ultrastructure of hippocampal neurons and synapses, repaired the damaged myelin sheath of the infraorbital nerve, and activated the CREB/BDNF pathway in the hippocampus of TN rats. CREB inhibitor administration suppressed the resveratrol-rescued abnormal hippocampal ultrastructural changes and aggravated spatial learning and memory impairment by inhibiting CREB/BDNF pathway activation in the hippocampus. Our findings indicated that resveratrol alleviated pain and improved cognitive deficits, probably by regulating neural ultrastructure remodelling and the CREB/BDNF pathway.
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Febrile Seizures Cause Depression and Anxiogenic Behaviors in Rats. Cells 2022; 11:cells11203228. [PMID: 36291094 PMCID: PMC9600115 DOI: 10.3390/cells11203228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2022] [Revised: 10/11/2022] [Accepted: 10/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Febrile seizure (FS) is a common type of seizure occurring in human during infancy and childhood. Although an epileptic seizure is associated with psychiatric disorders and comorbid diseases such as depression, anxiety, autism spectrum disorders, sleep disorders, attention deficits, cognitive impairment, and migraine, the causal relationship between FS and psychiatric disorders is poorly understood. The objective of the current study was to investigate the relationship of FS occurrence in childhood with the pathogenesis of anxiety disorder and depression using an FS rat model. We induced febrile seizures in infantile rats (11 days postnatal) using a mercury vapor lamp. At 3 weeks and 12 weeks after FS induction, we examined behaviors and recorded local field potentials (LFPs) to assess anxiety and depression disorder. Interestingly, after FS induction in infantile rats, anxiogenic behaviors and depression-like phenotypes were found in both adult and juvenile FS rats. The analysis of LFPs revealed that 4-7 Hz hippocampal theta rhythm, a neural oscillatory marker for anxiety disorder, was significantly increased in FS rats compared with their wild-type littermates. Taken together, our findings suggest that FS occurrence in infants is causally related to increased levels of anxiety-related behaviors and depression-like symptoms in juvenile and adult rodents.
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Silva T, Silva AN, Serafim Y, Silva Júnior V, Lima E. Behavioral and structural changes in the hippocampus of wistar epileptic rats are minimized by acupuncture associated or not with phenobarbital. ARQ BRAS MED VET ZOO 2022. [DOI: 10.1590/1678-4162-12391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to analyze the behavior and histopathological changes in the hippocampus of epileptic Wistar rats treated with acupuncture associated or not with phenobarbital. The experiment used 44 male rats with 90 days of birth, induced to status epileptics with pilocarpine hydrochloride in a single dose of 350mg/kg, separated into treatment groups and submitted for 5 minutes to the elevated plus-maze test. Group 1 received 0.2mL of saline solution orally; Group 2 treated with acupuncture at the yintang, baihui, shishencong, jizhong, naohu, thianzu points; Group 3 received orally phenobarbital, daily dose of 20mg/kg; Group 4 treated with an association of acupuncture and oral phenobarbital; Group 5 random needling. The results obtained showed that Groups 2 (acupuncture) and 4 (acupuncture and phenobarbital) presented decreased anxiety, epileptic seizures, and neuronal death in the CA1, CA3 areas of the hippocampus when compared to animals in groups 1, 3 and 5. It is concluded that the association of phenobarbital and acupuncture points used in the experiment allowed for the control of epileptic seizures, reduction of anxiety and reduction of lesions in the subareas of the hippocampus.
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- T.C.C. Silva
- Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Brazil
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Alvi AM, Shah FA, Muhammad AJ, Feng J, Li S. 1,3,4, Oxadiazole Compound A3 Provides Robust Protection Against PTZ-Induced Neuroinflammation and Oxidative Stress by Regulating Nrf2-Pathway. J Inflamm Res 2022; 14:7393-7409. [PMID: 35002275 PMCID: PMC8721032 DOI: 10.2147/jir.s333451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2021] [Accepted: 11/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Background Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder that is characterized by recurrent episodes of seizures. Various studies have demonstrated a direct association between oxidative stress and inflammation in several neurological disorders including epilepsy. This study aimed to investigate the neuroprotective effects of a synthetic 1,3,4, oxadiazole compound A3 against pentylenetetrazole (PTZ)-induced kindling and seizure model. Methodology PTZ was administered in a sub-convulsive dose of 40 mg/kg for 15 days, at 48-hour intervals to male Swiss-Albino mice until animals were fully kindled. Two different doses of A3 (10 mg/kg and 30 mg/kg) were administered to find out the effective dose of A3 and to further demonstrate the relative role of nuclear factor E2-related factor (Nrf2) in the PTZ-induced kindled model. Results Our results demonstrated a compromised antioxidant capacity associated with a low level of catalase (CAT), superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione (GST), and glutathione S-transferase (GSH) in the kindled group. However, the PTZ-induced group demonstrated an elevated level of lipid peroxidation (LPO) level parallel to pro-inflammatory cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), mediators as cyclooxygenase (COX-2), and nuclear factor kappa B (NFκB). Furthermore, the A3 treatment reversed these changes and overexpressed the antioxidant Nrf2 gene and its downstream HO-1. To further investigate the involvement of Nrf2, we employed an Nrf2-inhibitor, ie, all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA), that further aggravated the PTZ toxicity. Moreover, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression was evaluated to assess the extent of BBB disruption. Conclusion The findings of this study suggest that A3 could mediate neuroprotection possibly by activating Nrf2 dependent downregulation of inflammatory cascades.
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- Arooj Mohsin Alvi
- Department of Neonatology, Shenzhen Children's Hospital Shenzhen, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China.,Department of Pharmacology, Riphah Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Riphah Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Riphah Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Neonatology, Shenzhen Children's Hospital Shenzhen, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncogenomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Graduate School, Peking University, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China
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Taiwe GS, Ndieudieu Kouamou AL, Dabole B, Ambassa ARM, Mambou HMAY, Bila RB, Tchoya TB, Menanga JR, Djomeni Dzeufiet PD, Ngo Bum E. Protective Effects of Anthocleista djalonensis Extracts against Pentylenetetrazole-Induced Epileptic Seizures and Neuronal Cell Loss: Role of Antioxidant Defense System. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE : ECAM 2021; 2021:5523705. [PMID: 34504535 PMCID: PMC8423543 DOI: 10.1155/2021/5523705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2021] [Accepted: 08/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Oxidative stress and neurodegeneration are involved in the initiation of epileptogenesis and progression of epileptic seizures. This study was aimed at investigating the anticonvulsant, antioxidant, and neuroprotective properties of active fractions isolated from Anthocleista djalonensis root barks in pentylenetetrazole mouse models of epileptic seizures. Bioactive-guided fractionation of Anthocleista djalonensis (AFAD) extracts using acute pentylenetetrazole (90 mg/kg) induced generalised tonic-clonic seizures, which afforded a potent anticonvulsant fraction (FPool 5). Further fractionation of AFAD was performed by high-performance liquid chromatography, which yielded fifteen subfractions, which were chemically characterised. In addition, AFAD was tested against convulsions or spontaneous kindled seizures induced, respectively, by acute (50 mg/kg) or subchronic (30 mg/kg) injection of pentylenetetrazole. Finally, oxidative stress markers, brain GABA content, and neuronal cell loss were evaluated in AFAD-treated pentylenetetrazole-kindled mice. Administration of AFAD significantly protected mice against acute pentylenetetrazole (90 mg/kg)-induced convulsions. In acute pentylenetetrazole (50 mg/kg)-induced hippocampal and cortical paroxysmal discharges, AFAD significantly decreased the number of crisis, the cumulative duration of crisis, and the mean duration of crisis. Additionally, AFAD significantly decreased the number of myoclonic jerks and improved the seizure score in subchronic pentylenetetrazole-induced kindled seizures. The pentylenetetrazole-induced alteration of oxidant-antioxidant balance, GABA concentration, and neuronal cells in the brain were attenuated by AFAD treatment. This study showed that AFAD protected mice against pentylenetetrazole-induced epileptic seizures possibly through the enhancement of antioxidant defence and GABAergic signalling. These events might be correlated with the amelioration of neuronal cell loss; hence, AFAD could be a potential candidate for the treatment of epilepsy.
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- Germain Sotoing Taiwe
- Department of Zoology and Animal Physiology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Maroua, Maroua, Cameroon
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- Department of Zoology and Animal Physiology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon
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- Department of Animal Biology and Physiology, Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon
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- Department of Animal Biology and Physiology, Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Ngaoundere, Ngaoundere, Cameroon
- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Maroua, Maroua, Cameroon
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Carveol Attenuates Seizure Severity and Neuroinflammation in Pentylenetetrazole-Kindled Epileptic Rats by Regulating the Nrf2 Signaling Pathway. OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY 2021; 2021:9966663. [PMID: 34422216 PMCID: PMC8376446 DOI: 10.1155/2021/9966663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2021] [Accepted: 06/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Epilepsy is a neurodegenerative brain disorder characterized by recurrent seizure attacks. Numerous studies have suggested a strong correlation between oxidative stress and neuroinflammation in several neurodegenerative disorders including epilepsy. This study is aimed at investigating the neuroprotective effects of the natural compound carveol against pentylenetetrazole- (PTZ-) induced kindling and seizure model. Two different doses of carveol (10 mg/kg and 20 mg/kg) were administered to male rats to determine the effects and the effective dose of carveol and to further demonstrate the mechanism of action of nuclear factor E2-related factor (Nrf2) in PTZ-induced kindling model. Our results demonstrated reduced levels of innate antioxidants such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase, glutathione-S-transferase (GST), and glutathione (GSH), associated with elevated lipid peroxidation (LPO) and inflammatory cytokines level such as tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), and mediators like cyclooxygenase (COX-2) and nuclear factor kappa B (NFκB). These detrimental effects exacerbated oxidative stress and provoked a marked neuronal alteration in the cortex and hippocampus of PTZ-intoxicated animals that were associated with upregulated Nrf2 gene expression. Furthermore, carveol treatment positively modulated the antioxidant gene Nrf2 and its downstream target HO-1. To further investigate the role of Nrf2, an inhibitor of Nrf2 called all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) was used, which further exacerbated PTZ toxicity. Moreover, carveol treatment induced cholinergic system activation by mitigating acetylcholinesterase level which is further linked to attenuated neuroinflammatory cascade. The extent of blood-brain barrier disruption was evaluated based on vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression. Taken together, our findings suggest that carveol acts as an Nrf2 activator and therefore induces downstream antioxidants and mitigates inflammatory insults through multiple pathways. This eventually alleviates PTZ-induced neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration.
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Kulikov AA, Nasluzova EV, Dorofeeva NA, Glazova MV, Lavrova EA, Chernigovskaya EV. Pifithrin-α Inhibits Neural Differentiation
of Newborn Cells in the Subgranular Zone of the Dentate Gyrus at
Initial Stages of Audiogenic Kindling in Krushinsky–Molodkina Rat
Strain. J EVOL BIOCHEM PHYS+ 2021. [DOI: 10.1134/s0022093021020125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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An X, Shi X. Effects of electroconvulsive shock on neuro-immune responses: Does neuro-damage occur? Psychiatry Res 2020; 292:113289. [PMID: 32702550 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2020] [Revised: 07/07/2020] [Accepted: 07/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is one of the most effective treatments for treatment-resistant depression. However, this treatment may produce memory impairment. The mechanisms of the cognitive adverse effects are not known. Neuroimmune response is related to the cognitive deficits. By reviewing the available animal literature, we examined the glia activation, inflammatory cytokines, neuron oxidative stress responses, and neural morphological changes following electroconvulsive shock (ECS) treatment. The studies showed that ECS activates microglia, upregulates neuro-inflammatory cytokines, and increases oxidative stress responses. But these effects are rapid and may be transient. They normalize as ECS treatment continues, suggesting endogenous neuroprotection may be mobilized. The transient changes are well in line with the clinical observations that ECT usually does not cause significant long-lasting retrograde amnesia. The longitudinal studies will be particularly important to explore the dynamic changes of neuroplasticity following ECT (Jonckheere et al., 2018). Investigating the neuroplasticity changes in animals that suffered chronic stress may also be crucial to giving support to the translation of preclinical research.
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- Xianli An
- School of Educational Science, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, JiangSu Province, China.
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- School of Educational Science, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, JiangSu Province, China
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Vargas-Sánchez K, Mogilevskaya M, Rodríguez-Pérez J, Rubiano MG, Javela JJ, González-Reyes RE. Astroglial role in the pathophysiology of status epilepticus: an overview. Oncotarget 2018; 9:26954-26976. [PMID: 29928494 PMCID: PMC6003549 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.25485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2017] [Accepted: 05/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Status epilepticus is a medical emergency with elevated morbidity and mortality rates, and represents a leading cause of epilepsy-related deaths. Though status epilepticus can occur at any age, it manifests more likely in children and elderly people. Despite the common prevalence of epileptic disorders, a complete explanation for the mechanisms leading to development of self-limited or long lasting seizures (as in status epilepticus) are still lacking. Apart from neurons, research evidence suggests the involvement of immune and glial cells in epileptogenesis. Among glial cells, astrocytes represent an ideal target for the study of the pathophysiology of status epilepticus, due to their key role in homeostatic balance of the central nervous system. During status epilepticus, astroglial cells are activated by the presence of cytokines, damage associated molecular patterns and reactive oxygen species. The persistent activation of astrocytes leads to a decrease in glutamate clearance with a corresponding accumulation in the synaptic extracellular space, increasing the chance of neuronal excitotoxicity. Moreover, major alterations in astrocytic gap junction coupling, inflammation and receptor expression, facilitate the generation of seizures. Astrocytes are also involved in dysregulation of inhibitory transmission in the central nervous system and directly participate in ionic homeostatic alterations during status epilepticus. In the present review, we focus on the functional and structural changes in astrocytic activity that participate in the development and maintenance of status epilepticus, with special attention on concurrent inflammatory alterations. We also include potential astrocytic treatment targets for status epilepticus.
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- Karina Vargas-Sánchez
- Biomedical Sciences Research Group, School of Medicine, Universidad Antonio Nariño, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Biomedical Sciences Research Group, School of Medicine, Universidad Antonio Nariño, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Biomedical Sciences Research Group, School of Medicine, Universidad Antonio Nariño, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Grupo de Clínica y Salud Mental, Programa de Psicología, Universidad Católica de Pereira, Pereira, Colombia
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- Universidad del Rosario, Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, GI en Neurociencias-NeURos, Bogotá, Colombia
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Amini E, Golpich M, Farjam AS, Kamalidehghan B, Mohamed Z, Ibrahim NM, Ahmadiani A, Raymond AA. Brain Lipopolysaccharide Preconditioning-Induced Gene Reprogramming Mediates a Tolerance State in Electroconvulsive Shock Model of Epilepsy. Front Pharmacol 2018; 9:416. [PMID: 29765321 PMCID: PMC5938816 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2018.00416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2018] [Accepted: 04/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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There is increasing evidence pointing toward the role of inflammatory processes in epileptic seizures, and reciprocally, prolonged seizures induce more inflammation in the brain. In this regard, effective strategies to control epilepsy resulting from neuroinflammation could be targeted. Based on the available data, preconditioning (PC) with low dose lipopolysaccharide (LPS) through the regulation of the TLR4 signaling pathway provides neuroprotection against subsequent challenge with injury in the brain. To test this, we examined the effects of a single and chronic brain LPS PC, which is expected to lead to reduction of inflammation against epileptic seizures induced by electroconvulsive shock (ECS). A total of 60 male Sprague Dawley rats were randomly assigned to five groups: control, vehicle (single and chronic), and LPS PC (single and chronic). We first recorded the data regarding the behavioral and histological changes. We further investigated the alterations of gene and protein expression of important mediators in relation to TLR4 and inflammatory signaling pathways. Interestingly, significant increased presence of NFκB inhibitors [Src homology 2-containing inositol phosphatase-1 (SHIP1) and Toll interacting protein (TOLLIP)] was observed in LPS-preconditioned animals. This result was also associated with over-expression of IRF3 activity and anti-inflammatory markers, along with down-regulation of pro-inflammatory mediators. Summarizing, the analysis revealed that PC with LPS prior to seizure induction may have a neuroprotective effect possibly by reprogramming the signaling response to injury.
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- Elham Amini
- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, National University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, National University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Food Security, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, National University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Neuroscience Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, National University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Functional Metaplasticity of Hippocampal Schaffer Collateral-CA1 Synapses Is Reversed in Chronically Epileptic Rats. Neural Plast 2017; 2017:8087401. [PMID: 29098091 PMCID: PMC5642871 DOI: 10.1155/2017/8087401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2017] [Revised: 07/27/2017] [Accepted: 08/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Spatial learning and associating spatial information with individual experience are crucial for rodents and higher mammals. Hence, studying the cellular and molecular cascades involved in the key mechanism of information storage in the brain, synaptic plasticity, has led to enormous knowledge in this field. A major open question applies to the interdependence between synaptic plasticity and its behavioral correlates. In this context, it has become clear that behavioral aspects may impact subsequent synaptic plasticity, a phenomenon termed behavioral metaplasticity. Here, we trained control and pilocarpine-treated chronically epileptic rats of two different age groups (adolescent and adult) in a spatial memory task and subsequently tested long-term potentiation (LTP) in vitro at Schaffer collateral-CA1 synapses. As expected, memory acquisition in the behavioral task was significantly impaired both in pilocarpine-treated animals and in adult controls. Accordingly, these groups, without being tested in the behavioral training task, showed reduced CA1-LTP levels compared to untrained young controls. Spatial memory training significantly reduced subsequent CA1-LTP in vitro in the adolescent control group yet enhanced CA1-LTP in the adult pilocarpine-treated group. Such training in the adolescent pilocarpine-treated and adult control groups resulted in intermediate changes. Our study demonstrates age-dependent functional metaplasticity following a spatial memory training task and its reversal under pathological conditions.
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Uemori T, Toda K, Seki T. Seizure severity-dependent selective vulnerability of the granule cell layer and aberrant neurogenesis in the rat hippocampus. Hippocampus 2017; 27:1054-1068. [PMID: 28608989 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.22752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2016] [Revised: 06/07/2017] [Accepted: 06/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus rodent model has been commonly used to analyze the mechanisms of human temporal lobe epilepsy. Recent studies using this model have demonstrated that epileptic seizures lead to increased adult neurogenesis of the dentate granule cells, and cause abnormal cellular organization in dentate neuronal circuits. In this study, we examined these structural changes in rats with seizures of varying severity. In rats with frequent severe seizures, we found a clear loss of Prox1 and NeuN expression in the dentate granule cell layer (GCL), which was confined mainly to the suprapyramidal blade of the GCL at the septal and middle regions of the septotemporal axis of the hippocampus. In the damaged suprapyramidal region, the number of immature neurons in the subgranular zone was markedly reduced. In contrast, in rats with less frequent severe seizures, there was almost no loss of Prox1 and NeuN expression, and the number of immature neurons was increased. In rats with no or slight loss of Prox1 expression in the GCL, ectopic immature neurons were detected in the molecular layer of the suprapyramidal blade in addition to the hilus, and formed chainlike aggregated structures along the blood vessels up to the hippocampal fissure, suggesting that newly generated neurons migrate at least partially along blood vessels to the hippocampal fissure. These results suggest that seizures of different severity cause different effects on GCL damage, neurogenesis, and the migration of new neurons, and that these structural changes are selective to subdivisions of the GCL and the septotemporal axis of the hippocampus.
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- Takeshi Uemori
- Department of Histology and Neuroanatomy, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Histology and Neuroanatomy, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Histology and Neuroanatomy, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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NMDA receptor antagonism with novel indolyl, 2-(1,1-Dimethyl-1,3-dihydro-benzo[e]indol-2-ylidene)-malonaldehyde, reduces seizures duration in a rat model of epilepsy. Sci Rep 2017; 7:45540. [PMID: 28358047 PMCID: PMC5371989 DOI: 10.1038/srep45540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2016] [Accepted: 02/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDAR) play a central role in epileptogensis and NMDAR antagonists have been shown to have antiepileptic effects in animals and humans. Despite significant progress in the development of antiepileptic therapies over the previous 3 decades, a need still exists for novel therapies. We screened an in-house library of small molecules targeting the NMDA receptor. A novel indolyl compound, 2-(1,1-Dimethyl-1,3-dihydro-benzo[e]indol-2-ylidene)-malonaldehyde, (DDBM) showed the best binding with the NMDA receptor and computational docking data showed that DDBM antagonised the binding sites of the NMDA receptor at lower docking energies compared to other molecules. Using a rat electroconvulsive shock (ECS) model of epilepsy we showed that DDBM decreased seizure duration and improved the histological outcomes. Our data show for the first time that indolyls like DDBM have robust anticonvulsive activity and have the potential to be developed as novel anticonvulsants.
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Sousa K, Decker N, Pires TR, Papke DKM, Coelho VR, Pflüger P, Pereira P, Picada JN. Neurobehavioral effects of vigabatrin and its ability to induce DNA damage in brain cells after acute treatment in rats. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2017; 234:129-136. [PMID: 27678549 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-016-4446-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2016] [Accepted: 09/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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RATIONALE Vigabatrin (VGB) is a drug indicated mostly for the treatment of spasms in childhood and West's syndrome patients. This drug inhibits irreversibly the enzyme GABA-transaminase (GABA-T), increasing GABA concentrations and enhancing GABAergic neurotransmission in the brain, which is known to induce behavioral changes. OBJECTIVES The aims of this study were to evaluate the effects of VGB in the short-term memory (STM), long-term memory (LTM), motivation, locomotion, and exploratory behavior tests and to detect deleterious or protective effects on DNA in target tissues of the drug. METHODS Male Wistar rats were treated with a single dose of VGB (100, 250, or 500 mg/kg) or saline solution before the inhibitory avoidance and open-field tasks. DNA damage was evaluated using the alkaline comet assay in peripheral blood, cerebral cortex, and hippocampus after behavioral testing. RESULTS There was no significant difference in the inhibitory avoidance task between the treated groups and the saline group. In all tested doses, VGB reduced the number of rearings in the open-field task. Besides, VGB 500 mg/kg affected locomotion, though it was not able to induce any DNA damage. CONCLUSIONS VGB did not affect STM and LTM, but the drug impaired the exploration and locomotion likely associated with its sedative effect. In addition, no DNA damage in cortex and hippocampus was detected after behavioral testing, when brain GABA levels are already increased.
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- Karen Sousa
- Laboratory of Toxicological Genetics, Lutheran University of Brazil (ULBRA), Farroupilha Avenue, 8001, Canoas, RS, 2425-900, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Toxicological Genetics, Lutheran University of Brazil (ULBRA), Farroupilha Avenue, 8001, Canoas, RS, 2425-900, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Toxicological Genetics, Lutheran University of Brazil (ULBRA), Farroupilha Avenue, 8001, Canoas, RS, 2425-900, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Toxicological Genetics, Lutheran University of Brazil (ULBRA), Farroupilha Avenue, 8001, Canoas, RS, 2425-900, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Neuropharmacology and Pre-Clinical Toxicology. Pharmacology Department, Institute for Basic Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Sarmento Leite Street, 500/305, Porto Alegre, RS, 90050-170, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Neuropharmacology and Pre-Clinical Toxicology. Pharmacology Department, Institute for Basic Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Sarmento Leite Street, 500/305, Porto Alegre, RS, 90050-170, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Neuropharmacology and Pre-Clinical Toxicology. Pharmacology Department, Institute for Basic Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Sarmento Leite Street, 500/305, Porto Alegre, RS, 90050-170, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Toxicological Genetics, Lutheran University of Brazil (ULBRA), Farroupilha Avenue, 8001, Canoas, RS, 2425-900, Brazil.
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Enginar N, Nurten A, Türkmen AZ, Gündoğan Gİ, Özünal ZG. Antimuscarinic-induced convulsions in fasted mice after food intake: no evidence of spontaneous seizures, behavioral changes or neuronal damage. Acta Neurobiol Exp (Wars) 2017. [DOI: 10.21307/ane-2017-069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Electroconvulsive stimulation transiently enhances the permeability of the rat blood-brain barrier and induces astrocytic changes. Brain Res Bull 2017; 128:92-97. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2016.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2016] [Accepted: 11/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Caloric restriction in young rats disturbs hippocampal neurogenesis and spatial learning. Neurobiol Learn Mem 2016; 133:214-224. [PMID: 27432519 DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2016.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2015] [Revised: 06/20/2016] [Accepted: 07/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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It is widely known that caloric restriction (CR) has benefits on several organic systems, including the central nervous system. However, the majority of the CR studies was performed in adult animals and the information about the consequences on young populations is limited. In this study, we analyzed the effects of young-onset CR, started at 4weeks of age, in the number of neuropeptide Y (NPY)-containing neurons and in neurogenesis of the hippocampal formation, using doublecortin (DCX) and Ki67 as markers. Knowing that CR treatment could interfere with exploratory activity, anxiety, learning and memory we have analyzed the performance of the rats in the open-field, elevated plus-maze and Morris water maze tests. Animals aged 4weeks were randomly assigned to control or CR groups. Controls were maintained in the ad libitum regimen during 2months. The adolescent CR rats were fed, during 2months, with 60% of the amount of food consumed by controls. We have found that young-onset CR treatment did not affect the total number of NPY-immunopositive neurons in dentate hilus, CA3 and CA1 hippocampal subfields and did not change the exploratory activity and anxiety levels. Interestingly, we have found that young-onset CR might affect spatial learning process since those animals showed worse performance during the acquisition phase of Morris water maze. Furthermore, young-onset CR induced alterations of neurogenesis in the dentate subgranular layer that seems to underlie the impairment of spatial learning. Our data suggest that adolescent animals are vulnerable to CR treatment and that this diet is not suitable to be applied in this age phase.
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Wang X, Song X, Wu L, Nadler JV, Zhan RZ. Persistent Hyperactivity of Hippocampal Dentate Interneurons After a Silent Period in the Rat Pilocarpine Model of Epilepsy. Front Cell Neurosci 2016; 10:94. [PMID: 27092056 PMCID: PMC4824773 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2016.00094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2016] [Accepted: 03/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Profile of GABAergic interneuron activity after pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus (SE) was examined in the rat hippocampal dentate gyrus by analyzing immediate early gene expression and recording spontaneous firing at near resting membrane potential (REM). SE for exact 2 h or more than 2 h was induced in the male Sprague-Dawley rats by an intraperitoneal injection of pilocarpine. Expression of immediate early genes (IEGs) was examined at 1 h, 1 week, 2 weeks or more than 10 weeks after SE. For animals to be examined at 1 h after SE, SE lasted for exact 2 h was terminated by an intraperitoneal injection of diazepam. Spontaneous firing at near the REM was recorded in interneurons located along the border between the granule cell layer and the hilus more than 10 weeks after SE. Results showed that both c-fos and activity-regulated cytoskeleton associated protein (Arc) in hilar GABAergic interneurons were up-regulated after SE in a biphasic manner; they were increased at 1 h and more than 2 weeks, but not at 1 week after SE. Ten weeks after SE, nearly 60% of hilar GABAergic cells expressed c-fos. With the exception of calretinin (CR)-positive cells, percentages of hilar neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS)-, neuropeptide Y (NPY)-, parvalbumin (PV)-, and somatostatin (SOM)-positive cells with c-fos expression are significantly higher than those of controls more than 10 weeks after SE. Without the REM to be more depolarizing and changed threshold potential level in SE-induced rats, cell-attached recording revealed that nearly 90% of hilar interneurons fired spontaneously at near the REM while only 22% of the same cell population did so in the controls. In conclusion, pilocarpine-induced SE eventually leads to a state in which surviving dentate GABAergic interneurons become hyperactive with a subtype-dependent manner; this implies that a fragile balance between excitation and inhibition exists in the dentate gyrus and in addition, the activity-dependent up-regulation of IEGs may underlie plastic changes seen in some types of GABAergic cells in the pilocarpine model of epilepsy.
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- Xiaochen Wang
- Department of Physiology, Shandong University School of Medicine Jinan, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Binzhou Medical University Binzhou, Shandong, China
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- Department of Physiology, Shandong University School of Medicine Jinan, China
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Shandong University School of Medicine Jinan, China
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Zhu Y, Liu F, Zou X, Torbey M. Comparison of unbiased estimation of neuronal number in the rat hippocampus with different staining methods. J Neurosci Methods 2015; 254:73-9. [PMID: 26238727 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2015.07.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2015] [Revised: 07/20/2015] [Accepted: 07/23/2015] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND NeuN and Nissl staining (toluidine blue, cresyl violet staining) are routinely used methods in unbiased stereological estimation of the total number of hippocampal neurons. NEW METHOD In the present study, we stained serial frozen coronal sections from 5 normal adult male Sprague-Dawley rat brains with different methods, measured the deformation of hippocampal area in brain sections and estimated the total number of hippocampal neurons using the optical fractionator. RESULTS The deformation in x, y-axis was not obviously different with different staining protocols, but shrinkage in z-axis was significant after staining (p < 0.001). NeuN staining produced significant higher estimate number than cresyl violet staining by 24% (p = 0.002), however, NeuN and Cresyl Violet staining showed a high degree of correlation in quantification of total neuronal numbers and both methods are suitable for unbiased stereological estimation. COMPARISON WITH EXISTING METHOD (S) NeuN is more reliable but if time is limited or the number of animals used in experiments is high, cresyl violet staining may be a feasible method. CONCLUSIONS Compared with previous estimates of the neurons number in rat hippocampus, our present data is reliable and the stereological analysis based on our system is a cost-effective unbiased method for estimation of neuron number.
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- Yongjin Zhu
- Department of Neurology, Wexner Medical Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Wexner Medical Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Wexner Medical Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Wexner Medical Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States; Neurosurgery, Wexner Medical Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.
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Zhu X, Dong J, Shen K, Bai Y, Zhang Y, Lv X, Chao J, Yao H. NMDA receptor NR2B subunits contribute to PTZ-kindling-induced hippocampal astrocytosis and oxidative stress. Brain Res Bull 2015; 114:70-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2015.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2014] [Revised: 03/30/2015] [Accepted: 04/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Cardoso A, Silva D, Magano S, Pereira PA, Andrade JP. Old-onset caloric restriction effects on neuropeptide Y- and somatostatin-containing neurons and on cholinergic varicosities in the rat hippocampal formation. AGE (DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS) 2014; 36:9737. [PMID: 25471895 PMCID: PMC4259091 DOI: 10.1007/s11357-014-9737-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2014] [Accepted: 11/25/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Caloric restriction is able to delay age-related neurodegenerative diseases and cognitive impairment. In this study, we analyzed the effects of old-onset caloric restriction that started at 18 months of age, in the number of neuropeptide Y (NPY)- and somatostatin (SS)-containing neurons of the hippocampal formation. Knowing that these neuropeptidergic systems seem to be dependent of the cholinergic system, we also analyzed the number of cholinergic varicosities. Animals with 6 months of age (adult controls) and with 18 months of age were used. The animals aged 18 months were randomly assigned to controls or to caloric-restricted groups. Adult and old control rats were maintained in the ad libitum regimen during 6 months. Caloric-restricted rats were fed, during 6 months, with 60 % of the amount of food consumed by controls. We found that aging induced a reduction of the total number of NPY- and SS-positive neurons in the hippocampal formation accompanied by a decrease of the cholinergic varicosities. Conversely, the 24-month-old-onset caloric-restricted animals maintained the number of those peptidergic neurons and the density of the cholinergic varicosities similar to the 12-month control rats. These results suggest that the aging-associated reduction of these neuropeptide-expressing neurons is not due to neuronal loss and may be dependent of the cholinergic system. More importantly, caloric restriction has beneficial effects in the NPY- and SS-expressing neurons and in the cholinergic system, even when applied in old age.
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- Armando Cardoso
- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319, Porto, Portugal,
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Wagner E, Rosati M, Molin J, Foitzik U, Wahle AM, Fischer A, Matiasek LA, Reese S, Flegel T, Matiasek K. Hippocampal sclerosis in feline epilepsy. Brain Pathol 2014; 24:607-19. [PMID: 24698012 PMCID: PMC8029488 DOI: 10.1111/bpa.12147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2013] [Accepted: 03/31/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Hippocampal sclerosis (HS) refers to loss of hippocampal neurons and astrogliosis. In temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), HS is a key factor for pharmacoresistance, even though the mechanisms are not quite understood. While experimental TLE models are available, there is lack of models reflecting the natural HS development. Among domestic animals, cats may present with TLE-like seizures in natural and experimental settings. With this study on the prevalence, segmental pattern and clinicopathological correlates of feline HS, we evaluated the translational value for human research. Evaluation schemes for human brains were applied to epileptic cats. The loss of neurons was morphometrically assessed and the degree of gliosis was recorded. Hippocampal changes resembling human HS were seen in about one third of epileptic cats. Most of these were associated with infiltrative diseases such as limbic encephalitis. Irrespective of the etiology and semiology of seizures, total hippocampal sclerosis was the most prevalent form seen in epileptic animals. Other HS types also occur at varying frequencies. Segmental differences to human HS can be explained by species-specific synaptic connectivities and a different spectrum of etiologies. All these variables require consideration when translating results from feline studies regarding seizure-associated changes of the temporal lobe and especially HS.
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- Eva Wagner
- Section of Clinical & Comparative NeuropathologyInstitute of Veterinary PathologyCentre for Clinical Veterinary MedicineLudwig Maximilians University of MunichMunichGermany
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- Section of Clinical & Comparative NeuropathologyInstitute of Veterinary PathologyCentre for Clinical Veterinary MedicineLudwig Maximilians University of MunichMunichGermany
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- Section of Clinical & Comparative NeuropathologyInstitute of Veterinary PathologyCentre for Clinical Veterinary MedicineLudwig Maximilians University of MunichMunichGermany
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- Section of Clinical & Comparative NeuropathologyInstitute of Veterinary PathologyCentre for Clinical Veterinary MedicineLudwig Maximilians University of MunichMunichGermany
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- Section of NeurologySmall Animal Medical ClinicCentre for Clinical Veterinary MedicineLudwig Maximilians University of MunichMunichGermany
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- Section of NeurologySmall Animal Medical ClinicCentre for Clinical Veterinary MedicineLudwig Maximilians University of MunichMunichGermany
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- Section of NeurologySmall Animal Medical ClinicCentre for Clinical Veterinary MedicineLudwig Maximilians University of MunichMunichGermany
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- Institute of Veterinary AnatomyDepartment of Veterinary SciencesLudwig Maximilians University of MunichMunichGermany
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- Neurology ServiceDepartment of Small Animal MedicineUniversity of LeipzigLeipzigGermany
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- Section of Clinical & Comparative NeuropathologyInstitute of Veterinary PathologyCentre for Clinical Veterinary MedicineLudwig Maximilians University of MunichMunichGermany
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Abbasi S, Kumar SS. Regular-spiking cells in the presubiculum are hyperexcitable in a rat model of temporal lobe epilepsy. J Neurophysiol 2014; 112:2888-900. [PMID: 25210155 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00406.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is the most common form of adult epilepsy, characterized by recurrent seizures originating in the temporal lobes. Here, we examine TLE-related changes in the presubiculum (PrS), a less-studied parahippocampal structure that both receives inputs from and projects to regions affected by TLE. We assessed the state of PrS neurons in TLE electrophysiologically to determine which of the previously identified cell types were rendered hyperexcitable in epileptic rats and whether their intrinsic and/or synaptic properties were altered. Cell types were characterized based on action potential discharge profiles followed by unsupervised hierarchical clustering. PrS neurons in epileptic animals could be divided into three major groups comprising of regular-spiking (RS), irregular-spiking (IR), and fast-adapting (FA) cells. RS cells, the predominant cell type encountered in PrS, were the only cells that were hyperexcitable in TLE. These neurons were previously identified as sending long-range axonal projections to neighboring structures including medial entorhinal area (MEA), and alterations in intrinsic properties increased their propensity for sustained firing of action potentials. Frequency and amplitude of both spontaneous excitatory and inhibitory synaptic events were reduced. Further analysis of nonaction potential-dependent miniature currents (in tetrodotoxin) indicated that reduction in excitatory drive to these neurons was mediated by decreased activity of excitatory neurons that synapse with RS cells concomitant with reduced activity of inhibitory neurons. Alterations in physiological properties of PrS neurons and their ensuing hyperexcitability could entrain parahippocampal structures downstream of PrS, including the MEA, contributing to temporal lobe epileptogenesis.
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- Saad Abbasi
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine and Program in Neuroscience, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine and Program in Neuroscience, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
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Amini E, Rezaei M, Mohamed Ibrahim N, Golpich M, Ghasemi R, Mohamed Z, Raymond AA, Dargahi L, Ahmadiani A. A Molecular Approach to Epilepsy Management: from Current Therapeutic Methods to Preconditioning Efforts. Mol Neurobiol 2014; 52:492-513. [PMID: 25195699 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-014-8876-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2014] [Accepted: 08/25/2014] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Epilepsy is the most common and chronic neurological disorder characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures. The key aim in treating patients with epilepsy is the suppression of seizures. An understanding of focal changes that are involved in epileptogenesis may therefore provide novel approaches for optimal treatment of the seizure. Although the actual pathogenesis of epilepsy is still uncertain, recently growing lines of evidence declare that microglia and astrocyte activation, oxidative stress and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, mitochondria dysfunction, and damage of blood-brain barrier (BBB) are involved in its pathogenesis. Impaired GABAergic function in the brain is probably the most accepted hypothesis regarding the pathogenesis of epilepsy. Clinical neuroimaging of patients and experimental modeling have demonstrated that seizures may induce neuronal apoptosis. Apoptosis signaling pathways are involved in the pathogenesis of several types of epilepsy such as temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). The quality of life of patients is seriously affected by treatment-related problems and also by unpredictability of epileptic seizures. Moreover, the available antiepileptic drugs (AED) are not significantly effective to prevent epileptogenesis. Thus, novel therapies that are proficient to control seizure in people who are suffering from epilepsy are needed. The preconditioning method promises to serve as an alternative therapeutic approach because this strategy has demonstrated the capability to curtail epileptogenesis. For this reason, understanding of molecular mechanisms underlying brain tolerance induced by preconditioning is crucial to delineate new neuroprotective ways against seizure damage and epileptogenesis. In this review, we summarize the work to date on the pathogenesis of epilepsy and discuss recent therapeutic strategies in the treatment of epilepsy. We will highlight that novel therapy targeting such as preconditioning process holds great promise. In addition, we will also highlight the role of gene reprogramming and mitochondrial biogenesis in the preconditioning-mediated neuroprotective events.
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- Elham Amini
- Department of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Maia GH, Quesado JL, Soares JI, do Carmo JM, Andrade PA, Andrade JP, Lukoyanov NV. Loss of hippocampal neurons after kainate treatment correlates with behavioral deficits. PLoS One 2014; 9:e84722. [PMID: 24409306 PMCID: PMC3883667 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2013] [Accepted: 11/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Treating rats with kainic acid induces status epilepticus (SE) and leads to the development of behavioral deficits and spontaneous recurrent seizures later in life. However, in a subset of rats, kainic acid treatment does not induce overt behaviorally obvious acute SE. The goal of this study was to compare the neuroanatomical and behavioral changes induced by kainate in rats that developed convulsive SE to those who did not. Adult male Wistar rats were treated with kainic acid and tested behaviorally 5 months later. Rats that had experienced convulsive SE showed impaired performance on the spatial water maze and passive avoidance tasks, and on the context and tone retention tests following fear conditioning. In addition, they exhibited less anxiety-like behaviors than controls on the open-field and elevated plus-maze tests. Histologically, convulsive SE was associated with marked neuron loss in the hippocampal CA3 and CA1 fields, and in the dentate hilus. Rats that had not experienced convulsive SE after kainate treatment showed less severe, but significant impairments on the spatial water maze and passive avoidance tasks. These rats had fewer neurons than control rats in the dentate hilus, but not in the hippocampal CA3 and CA1 fields. Correlational analyses revealed significant relationships between spatial memory indices of rats and neuronal numbers in the dentate hilus and CA3 pyramidal field. These results show that a part of the animals that do not display intense behavioral seizures (convulsive SE) immediately after an epileptogenic treatment, later in life, they may still have noticeable structural and functional changes in the brain.
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- Gisela H. Maia
- Departamento de Anatomia, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Neural Networks Group, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Programa Doutoral em Neurociências, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Departamento de Anatomia, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Neural Networks Group, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Programa Doutoral em Neurociências, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Programa Doutoral em Neurociências, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Programa Doutoral em Neurociências, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Departamento de Anatomia, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Departamento de Anatomia, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Neural Networks Group, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Programa Doutoral em Neurociências, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Wang W, Wu Y, Zhang G, Fang H, Wang H, Zang H, Xie T, Wang W. Activation of Nrf2-ARE signal pathway protects the brain from damage induced by epileptic seizure. Brain Res 2014; 1544:54-61. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2013.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2013] [Revised: 11/22/2013] [Accepted: 12/03/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Cognitive impairment is a significant comorbidity of epilepsy. At present, the molecular/cellular mechanisms that underlie these cognitive impairments remain unknown. It seems likely that a complete understanding at the molecular/cellular level will require the use of rodent models. A number of rodent models of epilepsy are used to study cognition in a variety of behavioral tasks. This review presents a brief overview of two commonly used tasks (the Morris water maze and the radial arm maze) that have been used to assess spatial learning/memory in two chemoconvulsant models of temporal lobe epilepsy.
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- Geoffrey G. Murphy
- Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Institute, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
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Boido D, Jesuthasan N, de Curtis M, Uva L. Network dynamics during the progression of seizure-like events in the hippocampal-parahippocampal regions. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 24:163-73. [PMID: 23048021 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhs298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Seizure patterns in temporal lobe epilepsies have been described both in humans and in animal models. The involvement of specific hippocampal-parahippocampal subregions in the initiation and progression of temporal lobe seizures is not defined yet. We analyzed limbic network dynamics during seizures induced by 3-min arterial perfusion of 50 µM bicuculline in the in vitro isolated guinea pig brain preparation. As for human and animal temporal lobe epilepsies, 2 seizure types characterized at onset by either fast activity (FA) or hypersynchronous activity (HSA) were observed in our acute model. Simultaneous extracellular recordings were performed from ventral hippocampal-parahippocampal subregions with multichannel electrodes, and laminar analysis and propagation directions were computed to define reciprocal interactions during seizures. FA seizures started with fast oscillations generated in CA1-subiculum and entorhinal cortex, followed by irregular spikes and progressively regular bursts well defined in all subfields, with the exception of pre- and parasubiculum that do not participate in seizure activity. Dentate gyrus was not involved at FA seizure onset and became prominent during the transition to bursting in both FA and HSA patterns. HSA seizures were similar to FA events, but lacked initial FA. During seizures, reliable and steady propagation within the intra-hippocampal re-entrant loop was observed.
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- Davide Boido
- Unit of Experimental Epileptology and Neurophysiology, Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milano, Italy
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Inostroza M, Cid E, Menendez de la Prida L, Sandi C. Different emotional disturbances in two experimental models of temporal lobe epilepsy in rats. PLoS One 2012; 7:e38959. [PMID: 22720001 PMCID: PMC3376131 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2012] [Accepted: 05/16/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Affective symptoms such as anxiety and depression are frequently observed in patients with epilepsy. The mechanisms of comorbidity of epilepsy and affective disorders, however, remain unclear. Diverse models are traditionally used in epilepsy research, including the status epilepticus (SE) model in rats, which are aimed at generating chronic epileptic animals; however, the implications of different SE models and rat strains in emotional behaviors has not been reported. To address this issue, we examined the emotional sequelae of two SE models of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE)--the lithium-pilocarpine (LIP) model and the kainic acid (KA) model--in two different rat strains (Wistar and Sprague-Dawley), which differ significantly in the pattern and extent of TLE-associated brain lesions. We found differences between LIP- and KA-treated animals in tests for depression-like and anxiety-like behaviors, as well as differences in plasma corticosterone levels. Whereas only LIP-treated rats displayed increased motivation to consume saccharin, both SE models led to reduced motivation for social contact, with LIP-treated animals being particularly affected. Evaluation of behavior in the open field test indicated very low levels of anxiety in LIP-treated rats and a mild decrease in KA-treated rats compared to controls. After exposure to a battery of behavioral tests, plasma corticosterone levels were increased only in LIP-treated animals. This hyperactivity in the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis was highly correlated with performance in the open field test and the social interaction test, suggesting that comorbidity of epilepsy and emotional behaviors might also be related to other factors such as HPA axis function. Our results indicate that altered emotional behaviors are not inherent to the epileptic condition in experimental TLE; instead, they likely reflect alterations in anxiety levels related to model-dependent dysregulation of the HPA axis.
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- Marion Inostroza
- Instituto Cajal, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
- Departamento de Psicología, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Instituto Cajal, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratory of Behavioral Genetics, Brain Mind Institute, School of Life Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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O'Donovan S, Kennedy M, Guinan B, O'Mara S, McLoughlin DM. A comparison of brief pulse and ultrabrief pulse electroconvulsive stimulation on rodent brain and behaviour. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2012; 37:147-52. [PMID: 22230649 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2011.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2011] [Revised: 12/19/2011] [Accepted: 12/25/2011] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Brief pulse electroconvulsive therapy (BP ECT; pulse width 0.5-1.5ms) is a very effective treatment for severe depression but is associated with cognitive side-effects. It has been proposed that ultrabrief pulse (UBP; pulse width 0.25-0.30ms) ECT may be as effective as BP ECT but have less cognitive effects because it is a more physiological form of neuronal stimulation. To investigate this further, we treated normal rats with a 10 session course of either BP (0.5ms), UBP (0.3ms), or sham electroconvulsive stimulation (ECS) and measured antidepressant-related changes in dentate gyrus cell proliferation and hippocampal BDNF protein levels as well as hippocampal-dependant spatial reference memory using the water plus maze and immobility time on the forced swim test. Both BP and UBP ECS induced very similar types of motor seizures. However, BP ECS but not UBP ECS treatment led to a significant, near 3-fold, increase in cell proliferation (p=0.026) and BDNF levels (p=0.01). In the forced swim test, only BP ECS treated animals had a significantly lower immobility time (p=0.046). There was a trend for similarly reduced hippocampal-dependent memory function in both BP and UBP groups but overall there was not a significant difference between treatment and control animals when tested 10 days after completing allocated treatment. These findings show that, even though both forms of ECS elicited similar motor seizures, UBP ECS was less efficient than BP ECS in inducing antidepressant-related molecular, cellular and behavioural changes.
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- Sinead O'Donovan
- Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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Sloviter RS, Bumanglag AV. Defining "epileptogenesis" and identifying "antiepileptogenic targets" in animal models of acquired temporal lobe epilepsy is not as simple as it might seem. Neuropharmacology 2012; 69:3-15. [PMID: 22342985 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2012.01.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2011] [Revised: 01/20/2012] [Accepted: 01/25/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The "latent period" between brain injury and clinical epilepsy is widely regarded to be a seizure-free, pre-epileptic state during which a time-consuming cascade of molecular events and structural changes gradually mediates the process of "epileptogenesis." The concept of the "latent period" as the duration of "epileptogenesis" implies that epilepsy is not an immediate result of brain injury, and that anti-epileptogenic strategies need to target delayed secondary mechanisms that develop sometime after an initial injury. However, depth recordings made directly from the dentate granule cell layers in awake rats after convulsive status epilepticus-induced injury have now shown that whenever perforant pathway stimulation-induced status epilepticus produces extensive hilar neuron loss and entorhinal cortical injury, hyperexcitable granule cells immediately generate spontaneous epileptiform discharges and focal or generalized behavioral seizures. This indicates that hippocampal injury caused by convulsive status epilepticus is immediately epileptogenic and that hippocampal epileptogenesis requires no delayed secondary mechanism. When latent periods do exist after injury, we hypothesize that less extensive cell loss causes an extended period during which initially subclinical focal seizures gradually increase in duration to produce the first clinical seizure. Thus, the "latent period" is suggested to be a state of "epileptic maturation," rather than a prolonged period of "epileptogenesis," and therefore the antiepileptogenic therapeutic window may only remain open during the first week after injury, when some delayed cell death may still be preventable. Following the perhaps unavoidable development of the first focal seizures ("epileptogenesis"), the most fruitful therapeutic strategy may be to interrupt the process of "epileptic maturation," thereby keeping focal seizures focal. This article is part of the Special Issue entitled 'New Targets and Approaches to the Treatment of Epilepsy'.
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- Robert S Sloviter
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Arizona College of Medicine, 1501 N. Campbell Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85724-5050, USA.
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