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de la Salle S, Piche J, Duncan B, Choueiry J, Hyde M, Aidelbaum R, Baddeley A, Impey D, Rahmani N, Ilivitsky V, Knott V. Influence of GABA A and GABA B receptor activation on auditory sensory gating and its association with anxiety in healthy volunteers. J Psychopharmacol 2024; 38:532-540. [PMID: 38647196 DOI: 10.1177/02698811241246854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/25/2024]
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BACKGROUND Dysfunctional sensory gating in anxiety disorders, indexed by the failure to inhibit the P50 event-related potential (ERP) to repeated stimuli, has been linked to deficits in the major inhibitory neurotransmitter γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA). AIMS/METHODS This study, conducted in 30 healthy volunteers, examined the acute effects of GABAA (lorazepam: 1 mg) and GABAB receptor (baclofen: 10 mg) agonists on P50 measures of auditory sensory gating within a paired-stimulus (S1-S2) paradigm and assessed changes in gating in relation to self-ratings of anxiety. RESULTS Compared to placebo, lorazepam reduced ERP indices of sensory gating by attenuating response to S1. Although not directly impacting P50 inhibition, baclofen-induced changes in gating (relative to placebo) were negatively correlated with trait but not state anxiety. CONCLUSIONS These preliminary findings support the involvement of GABA in sensory gating and tentatively suggest a role for GABAB receptor signaling in anxiety-associated gating dysregulation.
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- Sara de la Salle
- The Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research at The Royal, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- The Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research at The Royal, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- School of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- The Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research at The Royal, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- The Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research at The Royal, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Ruggiero RN, Marques DB, Rossignoli MT, De Ross JB, Prizon T, Beraldo IJS, Bueno-Junior LS, Kandratavicius L, Peixoto-Santos JE, Lopes-Aguiar C, Leite JP. Dysfunctional hippocampal-prefrontal network underlies a multidimensional neuropsychiatric phenotype following early-life seizure. eLife 2024; 12:RP90997. [PMID: 38593008 PMCID: PMC11003745 DOI: 10.7554/elife.90997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/11/2024] Open
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Brain disturbances during development can have a lasting impact on neural function and behavior. Seizures during this critical period are linked to significant long-term consequences such as neurodevelopmental disorders, cognitive impairments, and psychiatric symptoms, resulting in a complex spectrum of multimorbidity. The hippocampus-prefrontal cortex (HPC-PFC) circuit emerges as a potential common link between such disorders. However, the mechanisms underlying these outcomes and how they relate to specific behavioral alterations are unclear. We hypothesized that specific dysfunctions of hippocampal-cortical communication due to early-life seizure would be associated with distinct behavioral alterations observed in adulthood. Here, we performed a multilevel study to investigate behavioral, electrophysiological, histopathological, and neurochemical long-term consequences of early-life Status epilepticus in male rats. We show that adult animals submitted to early-life seizure (ELS) present working memory impairments and sensorimotor disturbances, such as hyperlocomotion, poor sensorimotor gating, and sensitivity to psychostimulants despite not exhibiting neuronal loss. Surprisingly, cognitive deficits were linked to an aberrant increase in the HPC-PFC long-term potentiation (LTP) in a U-shaped manner, while sensorimotor alterations were associated with heightened neuroinflammation, as verified by glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) expression, and altered dopamine neurotransmission. Furthermore, ELS rats displayed impaired HPC-PFC theta-gamma coordination and an abnormal brain state during active behavior resembling rapid eye movement (REM) sleep oscillatory dynamics. Our results point to impaired HPC-PFC functional connectivity as a possible pathophysiological mechanism by which ELS can cause cognitive deficits and psychiatric-like manifestations even without neuronal loss, bearing translational implications for understanding the spectrum of multidimensional developmental disorders linked to early-life seizures.
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- Rafael Naime Ruggiero
- Department of Neuroscience and Behavioral Sciences, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São PauloRibeirão PretoBrazil
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- Department of Neuroscience and Behavioral Sciences, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São PauloRibeirão PretoBrazil
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- Department of Neuroscience and Behavioral Sciences, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São PauloRibeirão PretoBrazil
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- Department of Neuroscience and Behavioral Sciences, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São PauloRibeirão PretoBrazil
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- Department of Neuroscience and Behavioral Sciences, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São PauloRibeirão PretoBrazil
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics Federal University of Minas GeraisBelo HorizonteBrazil
- Laboratory of Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience (LANEC), Federal University of Minas GeraisBelo HorizonteBrazil
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- Neuroscience Discipline, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery,Universidade Federal de São PauloSão PauloBrazil
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics Federal University of Minas GeraisBelo HorizonteBrazil
- Laboratory of Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience (LANEC), Federal University of Minas GeraisBelo HorizonteBrazil
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- Department of Neuroscience and Behavioral Sciences, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São PauloRibeirão PretoBrazil
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Leung LS. Long-lasting changes in hippocampal GABA B-receptor mediated inhibition following early-life seizures in kindling-prone but not kindling-resistant rats. Brain Res Bull 2019; 150:231-239. [PMID: 31200097 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2019.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2019] [Revised: 06/04/2019] [Accepted: 06/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The hypotheses that hippocampal GABAB receptor dysfunction is a long-lasting consequence of early-life seizures, and its dependence on genetic background, were tested. Two strains of rats bred to be prone (FAST) or resistant (SLOW) to amygdala kindling were used. On postnatal day (PND) 10, control rats were injected with saline, and seizure rats with kainic acid to induce status epilepticus (SE) for 2 h. A significantly lower dose of kainic acid was found to induce SE in FAST as compared to SLOW rats. Population excitatory postsynaptic potentials (pEPSPs) and population spikes (PSs) were recorded in CA1 of hippocampal slices of adult rats in vitro, following stimulation of stratum radiatum. Input-output relation of the single-pulse pEPSP and PS did not show a significant difference between seizure and control rats, sex, or strain (FAST and SLOW). Paired-pulse PSs were significantly enhanced at 10-50 ms interpulse intervals, in FAST seizure male rats compared to FAST male controls, but not in other groups. In adult FAST but not SLOW rats, significantly lower suppression of pEPSPs at 250-300 ms following heterosynaptic burst stimulation was found in seizure rats compared to control rats; the heterosynaptic suppression of the pEPSP was blocked by selective GABAB receptor antagonist CGP55845A. The results provide evidence that an early-life SE has a long-lasting effect in decreasing GABAB receptor-mediated presynaptic inhibition in the hippocampus, in FAST but not in SLOW rats.
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- L Stan Leung
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical Science Building, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5C1, Canada.
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Differential modulation of the auditory steady state response and inhibitory gating by chloral hydrate anesthesia. Sci Rep 2018; 8:3683. [PMID: 29487299 PMCID: PMC5829141 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-21920-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2017] [Accepted: 02/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Auditory steady state response (ASSR) and inhibitory gating (IG) are electrophysiological examinations commonly used to evaluate the sensory and cognitive functions of the brain. In some clinic examinations and animal experiments, general anesthesia is necessary to conduct electrophysiological recordings. However, the effects of anesthesia on ASSR and IG remain unclear. For this reason, we recorded local field potentials though electrodes implanted in different brain areas of rats: the auditory cortex (AC), hippocampus (HC), amygdala (AMY), and prefrontal cortex (PFC), and compared the characteristics of ASSR and IG under anesthetized and conscious conditions. We found that ASSR signals were the strongest in the AC, and decreased sequentially in the HP, AMY, and PFC. Chloral hydrate anesthesia significantly reduced the power and phase-locking of ASSR in the AC, HP, and AMY. In contrast, the extent of IG in the AC was weakest and it increased sequentially in the HP, AMY, and PFC. Anesthesia had less effect on the extent of IG. Our results suggest that ASSR and IG may originate from different neural circuits and that IG is more resistant to general anesthesia and therefore better suited to examining the functioning of non-auditory brain regions.
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Ma J, Stan Leung L. Effects of GABA-B receptor positive modulator on ketamine-induced psychosis-relevant behaviors and hippocampal electrical activity in freely moving rats. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2017; 234:3129-3142. [PMID: 28756462 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-017-4705-7] [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: 11/17/2016] [Accepted: 07/08/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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RATIONALE Decreased GABAB receptor function is proposed to mediate some symptoms of schizophrenia. OBJECTIVES In this study, we tested the effect of CGP7930, a GABAB receptor positive allosteric modulator, on ketamine-induced psychosis-relevant behaviors and hippocampal electrical activity in behaving rats. METHODS Electrodes were bilaterally implanted into the hippocampus, and cannulae were placed into the lateral ventricles of Long-Evans rats. CGP7930 or vehicle was injected intraperitoneally (i.p.) or intracerebroventricularly (i.c.v.), alone or 15 min prior to ketamine (3 mg/kg, subcutaneous) injection. Paired click auditory evoked potentials in the hippocampus (AEP), prepulse inhibition (PPI), and locomotor activity were recorded before and after drug injection. RESULTS CGP7930 at doses of 1 mg/kg (i.p.) prevented ketamine-induced deficit of PPI. CGP7930 (1 mg/kg i.p.) also prevented the decrease in gating of hippocampal AEP and the increase in hippocampal gamma (65-100 Hz) waves induced by ketamine. Unilateral i.c.v. infusion of CGP7930 (0.3 mM/1 μL) also prevented the decrease in gating of hippocampal AEP induced by ketamine. Ketamine-induced behavioral hyperlocomotion was suppressed by 5 mg/kg i.p. CGP7930. CGP7930 alone, without ketamine, did not significantly affect integrated PPI, locomotion, gating of hippocampal AEP, or gamma waves. CGP7930 (1 mg/kg i.p.) increased heterosynaptically mediated paired pulse depression in the hippocampus, a measure of GABAB receptor function in vivo. CONCLUSIONS CGP7930 reduces the behavioral and electrophysiological disruptions induced by ketamine in animals, and the hippocampus may be one of the neural targets where CGP7930 exerts its actions.
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- Jingyi Ma
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, The University of Western Ontario, Medical Sciences Building, London, ON, N6A 5C1, Canada.
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, The University of Western Ontario, Medical Sciences Building, London, ON, N6A 5C1, Canada.,Graduate Program in Neuroscience, The University of Western Ontario, London, N6A 5C1, Canada
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Tsai ML, Hung KL, Tsan YY, Tung WTH. Long-term neurocognitive outcome and auditory event-related potentials after complex febrile seizures in children. Epilepsy Behav 2015; 47:55-60. [PMID: 26043164 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2015.04.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2015] [Revised: 04/28/2015] [Accepted: 04/29/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Whether prolonged or complex febrile seizures (FS) produce long-term injury to the hippocampus is a critical question concerning the neurocognitive outcome of these seizures. Long-term event-related evoked potential (ERP) recording from the scalp is a noninvasive technique reflecting the sensory and cognitive processes associated with attention tasks. This study aimed to investigate the long-term outcome of neurocognitive and attention functions and evaluated auditory event-related potentials in children who have experienced complex FS in comparison with other types of FS. METHODS One hundred and forty-seven children aged more than 6 years who had experienced complex FS, simple single FS, simple recurrent FS, or afebrile seizures (AFS) after FS and age-matched healthy controls were enrolled. Patients were evaluated with Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC; Chinese WISC-IV) scores, behavior test scores (Chinese version of Conners' continuous performance test, CPT II V.5), and behavior rating scales. Auditory ERPs were recorded in each patient. RESULTS Patients who had experienced complex FS exhibited significantly lower full-scale intelligence quotient (FSIQ), perceptual reasoning index, and working memory index scores than did the control group but did not show significant differences in CPT scores, behavior rating scales, or ERP latencies and amplitude compared with the other groups with FS. We found a significant decrease in the FSIQ and four indices of the WISC-IV, higher behavior rating scales, a trend of increased CPT II scores, and significantly delayed P300 latency and reduced P300 amplitude in the patients with AFS after FS. CONCLUSION We conclude that there is an effect on cognitive function in children who have experienced complex FS and patients who developed AFS after FS. The results indicated that the WISC-IV is more sensitive in detecting cognitive abnormality than ERP. Cognition impairment, including perceptual reasoning and working memory defects, was identified in patients with prolonged, multiple, or focal FS. These results may have implications for the pathogenesis of complex FS. Further comprehensive psychological evaluation and educational programs are suggested.
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- Min-Lan Tsai
- Department of Pediatrics, Cheng-Hsin General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; School of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- School of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Medical Research and Education, Cheng-Hsin General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Hsu WY, Kuo YF, Liao KK, Yu HY, Lin YY. Widespread inter-ictal excitability changes in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy: A TMS/MEG study. Epilepsy Res 2015; 111:61-71. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2015.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2014] [Revised: 12/31/2014] [Accepted: 01/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Negative emotional stimulation decreases respiratory sensory gating in healthy humans. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2014; 204:50-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2014.08.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2014] [Revised: 08/25/2014] [Accepted: 08/27/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Sun W, Doolittle L, Flowers E, Zhang C, Wang Q. High doses of salicylate causes prepulse facilitation of onset-gap induced acoustic startle response. Behav Brain Res 2014; 258:187-92. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.10.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2013] [Revised: 10/08/2013] [Accepted: 10/14/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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