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Feroze N, Karim T, Ostojic K, Mcintyre S, Barnes EH, Lee BC, Dale RC, Gill D, Kothur K. Clinical features associated with epilepsy occurrence, resolution, and drug resistance in children with cerebral palsy: A population-based study. Dev Med Child Neurol 2024; 66:793-803. [PMID: 38059324 DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.15807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2023] [Revised: 10/08/2023] [Accepted: 10/17/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023]
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AIM To investigate clinicoradiological features associated with epilepsy, its resolution, and drug resistance in children with cerebral palsy (CP). METHOD Data were gathered from the New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory CP Register, encompassing children with CP born between 2003 and 2015 (n = 1916). Clinical features and the severity of impairments were compared among three groups: children with current epilepsy (n = 604), those with resolved epilepsy by age 5 years (n = 109), and those without epilepsy (n = 1203). Additionally, a subset of the registry cohort attending Children's Hospital Westmead (n = 256) was analysed to compare epilepsy and treatment characteristics between drug-responsive (n = 83) and drug-resistant groups (n = 147) using logistic regression and hierarchical cluster analysis. RESULTS Manual Ability Classification System levels IV and V, intellectual impairment, and vision impairment were found to be associated with epilepsy in children with CP on multivariable analysis (p < 0.01). Moderate to severe intellectual impairment and bilateral spastic CP were independent positive and negative predictors of epilepsy persistence at the age of 5 years respectively (p < 0.05). Microcephaly and multiple seizure types were predictors of drug-resistant epilepsy (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.83; 95% confidence interval 0.77-0.9). Children with a known genetic cause (14%) and CP epilepsy surgery group (4.3%) formed specific clinical subgroups in CP epilepsy. INTERPRETATION Our study highlights important clinical associations of epilepsy, its resolution, and treatment response in children with CP, providing valuable knowledge to aid in counselling families and identifying distinct prognostic groups for effective medical surveillance and optimal treatment. WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS Severe motor and non-motor impairments in cerebral palsy (CP) increase epilepsy risk. Epilepsy more likely resolves in bilateral spastic and milder CP impairments. Epilepsy in CP often manifests at an early age with multiple seizure types and high drug resistance. Children with a known genetic cause and CP epilepsy surgery group represent distinct clinical subgroups.
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- Nimra Feroze
- The Children's Hospital at Westmead Clinical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Institute, Specialty of Child & Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine & Health, The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Institute, Specialty of Child & Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine & Health, The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Institute, Specialty of Child & Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine & Health, The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- The Children's Hospital at Westmead Clinical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- The Children's Hospital at Westmead Clinical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- TY Nelson Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Kids Neuroscience Centre, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- The Children's Hospital at Westmead Clinical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- TY Nelson Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Kids Neuroscience Centre, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- The Children's Hospital at Westmead Clinical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- TY Nelson Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Kids Neuroscience Centre, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Pin JN, Leonardi L, Nosadini M, Cavicchiolo ME, Guariento C, Zarpellon A, Perilongo G, Raffagnato A, Toldo I, Baraldi E, Sartori S. Efficacy and safety of ketamine for neonatal refractory status epilepticus: case report and systematic review. Front Pediatr 2023; 11:1189478. [PMID: 37334223 PMCID: PMC10275409 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2023.1189478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/20/2023] Open
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Background Evidence-based data on treatment of neonatal status epilepticus (SE) are scarce. We aimed to collect data on the efficacy and safety of ketamine for the treatment of neonatal SE and to assess its possible role in the treatment of neonatal SE. Methods We described a novel case and conducted a systematic literature review on neonatal SE treated with ketamine. The search was carried out in Pubmed, Cochrane, Clinical Trial Gov, Scopus and Web of Science. Results Seven published cases of neonatal SE treated with ketamine were identified and analyzed together with our novel case. Seizures typically presented during the first 24 h of life (6/8). Seizures were resistant to a mean of five antiseizure medications. Ketamine, a NMDA receptor antagonist, appeared to be safe and effective in all neonates treated. Neurologic sequelae including hypotonia and spasticity were reported for 4/5 of the surviving children (5/8). 3/5 of them were seizure free at 1-17 months of life. Discussion Neonatal brain is more susceptible to seizures due to a shift towards increased excitation because of a paradoxical excitatory effect of GABA, a greater density of NMDA receptors and higher extracellular concentrations of glutamate. Status epilepticus and neonatal encephalopathy could further enhance these mechanisms, providing a rationale for the use of ketamine in this setting. Conclusions Ketamine in the treatment of neonatal SE showed a promising efficacy and safety profile. However, further in-depth studies and clinical trials on larger populations are needed.
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- Jacopo Norberto Pin
- Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Paediatric Neurology and Neurophysiology Unit, University Hospital of Padua, Padova, Italy
- Master in Pediatrics and Pediatric Subspecialties, University Hospital of Padua, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Paediatric Neurology and Neurophysiology Unit, University Hospital of Padua, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Paediatric Neurology and Neurophysiology Unit, University Hospital of Padua, Padova, Italy
- Neuroimmunology Group, Paediatric Research Institute “Città della Speranza”, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Padua, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Paediatric Neurology and Neurophysiology Unit, University Hospital of Padua, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Paediatric Neurology and Neurophysiology Unit, University Hospital of Padua, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Paediatric Neurology and Neurophysiology Unit, University Hospital of Padua, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatric Unit, University Hospital of Padua, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Paediatric Neurology and Neurophysiology Unit, University Hospital of Padua, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Padua, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Paediatric Neurology and Neurophysiology Unit, University Hospital of Padua, Padova, Italy
- Master in Pediatrics and Pediatric Subspecialties, University Hospital of Padua, Padova, Italy
- Neuroimmunology Group, Paediatric Research Institute “Città della Speranza”, Padova, Italy
- Department of Neuroscience, University Hospital of Padua, Padova, Italy
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Karst H, Droogers WJ, van der Weerd N, Damsteegt R, van Kroonenburg N, Sarabdjitsingh RA, Joëls M. Acceleration of GABA-switch after early life stress changes mouse prefrontal glutamatergic transmission. Neuropharmacology 2023; 234:109543. [PMID: 37061088 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2023.109543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2023] [Revised: 04/06/2023] [Accepted: 04/09/2023] [Indexed: 04/17/2023]
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Early life stress (ELS) alters the excitation-inhibition-balance (EI-balance) in various rodent brain areas and may be responsible for behavioral impairment later in life. The EI-balance is (amongst others) influenced by the switch of GABAergic transmission from excitatory to inhibitory, the so-called "GABA-switch". Here, we investigated how ELS affects the GABA-switch in mouse infralimbic Prefrontal Cortex layer 2/3 neurons, using the limited-nesting-and-bedding model. In ELS mice, the GABA-switch occurred already between postnatal day (P) 6 and P9, as opposed to P15-P21 in controls. This was associated with increased expression of the inward chloride transporter NKCC1, compared to the outward chloride transporter KCC2, both of which are important for the intracellular chloride concentration and, hence, the GABA reversal potential (Erev). Chloride transporters are not only important for regulating chloride concentration postsynaptically, but also presynaptically. Depending on the Erev of GABA, presynaptic GABAA receptor stimulation causes a depolarization or hyperpolarization, and thereby enhanced or reduced fusion of glutamate vesicles respectively, in turn changing the frequency of miniature postsynaptic currents (mEPSCs). In accordance, bumetanide, a blocker of NKCC1, shifted the Erev GABA towards more hyperpolarized levels in P9 control mice and reduced the mEPSC frequency. Other modulators of chloride transporters, e.g. VU0463271 (a KCC2 antagonist) and aldosterone -which increases NKCC1 expression-did not affect postsynaptic Erev in ELS P9 mice, but did increase the mEPSC frequency. We conclude that the mouse GABA-switch is accelerated after ELS, affecting both the pre- and postsynaptic chloride homeostasis, the former altering glutamatergic transmission. This may considerably affect brain development.
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- Henk Karst
- Dept Translational Neuroscience, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
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- Dept Translational Neuroscience, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
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- Dept Translational Neuroscience, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
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- Dept Translational Neuroscience, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
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- Dept Translational Neuroscience, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
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- Dept Translational Neuroscience, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
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- Dept Translational Neuroscience, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, the Netherlands; University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
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Shao LR, Dudek FE. Enhanced burst discharges in the CA1 area of the immature versus adult hippocampus: patterns and cellular mechanisms. J Neurophysiol 2022; 128:1566-1577. [PMID: 36382903 PMCID: PMC9744639 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00327.2022] [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] [Received: 07/31/2022] [Revised: 10/27/2022] [Accepted: 11/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Burst discharges in the immature brain may contribute to its enhanced seizure susceptibility. The cellular mechanisms underlying burst discharges in the CA1 area of the immature versus adult hippocampus were investigated with simultaneous whole-cell and field-potential recordings. When GABAA receptors were blocked pharmacologically, bursts in CA1 were either graded or all-or-none (or mixed) as a function of electrical stimulation intensity. Most CA1 minislices from immature rats displayed all-or-none or mixed bursts, whereas the slices from adult rats predominantly elicited graded bursts. The frequency and amplitude of spontaneous excitatory postsynaptic currents (sEPSCs) were greater in CA1 pyramidal cells from the immature than the adult slices. The developmental differences in CA1 bursting were also detected in slices adjusted for maturational changes in brain volume (i.e., 350 µm thick for immature vs. 450 µm thick for adult rats). Neither N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) nor group I metabotropic glutamate (mGlu1) receptor antagonists blocked the network-driven bursts in immature CA1, but an α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) receptor blocker abolished them. Robust excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSPs) occurred after bursts in some immature CA1 slices (23%) but never in slices from the adult. The input-output (amount of current injected vs. number of action potentials generated) relationship was markedly greater in CA1 pyramidal cells in the immature compared with the adult hippocampus. These data suggest that the CA1 area of the immature brain is capable of generating network-driven bursts, which declines in adult rats. The increased propensity of burst generation in immature CA1 appears to involve a greater AMPA receptor-mediated synaptic network and an increased intrinsic spike-generating ability.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Burst discharges in the developing brain can provide valuable insights into epileptogenesis. We show that the immature hippocampal CA1 area is capable of generating all-or-none (i.e., network) bursts, which transitions to graded (i.e., nonnetwork) bursts in the mature brain via both synaptic and intrinsic mechanisms. Our results provide new clues to help understand possible mechanisms that may be shared in the immature and epileptic brain and how the normal brain becomes seizure prone (i.e., epileptogenesis).
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- Li-Rong Shao
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
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- Department of Physiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
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Kubová H, Mikulecká A, Mareš P. The outcome of early life status epilepticus—lessons from laboratory animals. Epilepsia Open 2022; 8 Suppl 1:S90-S109. [PMID: 36352789 PMCID: PMC10173850 DOI: 10.1002/epi4.12664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2022] [Accepted: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Status epilepticus (SE) is the most common neurologic emergency in children. Both clinical and laboratory studies have demonstrated that SE in early life can cause brain damage and permanent behavioral abnormalities, trigger epileptogenesis, and interfere with normal brain development. In experimental rodent models, the consequences of seizures are dependent upon age, the model used, and seizure duration. In studies involving neonatal and infantile animals, the model used, experimental design, conditions during the experiment, and manipulation of animals can significantly affect the course of the experiments as well as the results obtained. Standardization of laboratory approaches, harmonization of scientific methodology, and improvement in data collection can improve the comparability of data among laboratories.
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- Hana Kubová
- Developmental Epileptology Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Science Prague Czech Republic
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- Developmental Epileptology Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Science Prague Czech Republic
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- Developmental Epileptology Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Science Prague Czech Republic
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Laghouati E, Studer F, Depaulis A, Guillemain I. Early alterations of the neuronal network processing whisker-related sensory signal during absence epileptogenesis. Epilepsia 2021; 63:497-509. [PMID: 34919740 DOI: 10.1111/epi.17151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2021] [Revised: 12/06/2021] [Accepted: 12/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Epileptogenesis is the particular process during which the epileptic network builds up progressively before the onset of the first seizures. Whether physiological functions are impacted by this development of epilepsy remains unclear. To explore this question, we used Genetic Absence Epilepsy Rats From Strasbourg (GAERS), in which spike-and-wave discharges are initiated in the whisker primary somatosensory cortex (wS1) and first occur during cortical maturation. We studied the development of both the epileptic and the physiological wS1 circuits during cortical maturation to understand the interactions between them and the consequences for the animals' behavior. METHODS In sedated and immobilized rat pups, we recorded in vivo epileptic and whisker sensory evoked activities across the wS1 and thalamus using multicontact electrodes. We compared sensory evoked potentials based on current source density analysis. We then analyzed the multiunit activities evoked by whisker stimulation in GAERS and control rats. Finally, we evaluated behavioral performance dependent on the functionality of the wS1 cortex using the gap-crossing task. RESULTS We showed that the epileptic circuit changed during the epileptogenesis period in GAERS, by involving different cortical layers of wS1. Neuronal activities evoked by whisker stimulation were reduced in the wS1 cortex at P15 and P30 in GAERS but increased in the ventral posteromedial nucleus of the thalamus at P15 and in the posterior medial nucleus at P30, when compared to control rats. Finally, we observed lower performance in GAERS versus controls, at both P15 and P30, in a whisker-mediated behavioral task. SIGNIFICANCE Our data show that the functionality of wS1 cortex and thalamus is altered early during absence epileptogenesis in GAERS and then evolves before spike-and-wave discharges are fully expressed. They suggest that the development of the pathological circuit disturbs the physiological one and may be responsible for both the emergence of seizures and associated comorbidities.
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- Emel Laghouati
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Inserm, U1216, Grenoble Institut Neurosciences, Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Inserm, U1216, Grenoble Institut Neurosciences, Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Inserm, U1216, Grenoble Institut Neurosciences, Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Inserm, U1216, Grenoble Institut Neurosciences, Grenoble, France
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Zhai J, Zhou YY, Lagrutta A. Sensitivity, specificity and limitation of in vitro hippocampal slice and neuron-based assays for assessment of drug-induced seizure liability. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2021; 430:115725. [PMID: 34536444 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2021.115725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2021] [Revised: 09/01/2021] [Accepted: 09/13/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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An effective in vitro screening assay to detect seizure liability in preclinical development can contribute to better lead molecule optimization prior to candidate selection, providing higher throughput and overcoming potential brain exposure limitations in animal studies. This study explored effects of 26 positive and 14 negative reference pharmacological agents acting through different mechanisms, including 18 reference agents acting on glutamate signaling pathways, in a brain slice assay (BSA) of adult rat to define the assay's sensitivity, specificity, and limitations. Evoked population spikes (PS) were recorded from CA1 pyramidal neurons of hippocampus (HPC) in the BSA. Endpoints for analysis were PS area and PS number. Most positive references (24/26) elicited a concentration-dependent increase in PS area and/or PS number. The negative references (14/14) had little effect on the PS. Moreover, we studied the effects of 15 reference agents testing positive in the BSA on spontaneous activity in E18 rat HPC neurons monitored with microelectrode arrays (MEA), and compared these effects to the BSA results. From these in vitro studies we conclude that the BSA provides 93% sensitivity and 100% specificity in prediction of drug-induced seizure liability, including detecting seizurogenicity by 3 groups of metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) ligands. The MEA results seemed more variable, both quantitatively and directionally, particularly for endpoints capturing synchronized electrical activity. We discuss these results from the two models, comparing each with published results, and provide potential explanations for differences and future directions.
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- Jin Zhai
- Department of Genetic Toxicology and In Vitro Cellular Toxicity, Safety Assessment & Laboratory Animal Resources (SALAR), Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, PA 19486, USA.
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- Program Discovery and Development, Safety Assessment & Laboratory Animal Resources (SALAR), Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, PA 19486, USA
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- Program Discovery and Development, Safety Assessment & Laboratory Animal Resources (SALAR), Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, PA 19486, USA
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Kipnis PA, Kadam SD. Novel Concepts for the Role of Chloride Cotransporters in Refractory Seizures. Aging Dis 2021; 12:1056-1069. [PMID: 34221549 PMCID: PMC8219493 DOI: 10.14336/ad.2021.0129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2020] [Accepted: 01/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Epilepsy is associated with a multitude of acquired or genetic neurological disorders characterized by a predisposition to spontaneous recurrent seizures. An estimated 15 million patients worldwide have ongoing seizures despite optimal management and are classified as having refractory epilepsy. Early-life seizures like those caused by perinatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) remain a clinical challenge because although transient, they are difficult to treat and associated with poor neurological outcomes. Pediatric epilepsy syndromes are consistently associated with intellectual disability and neurocognitive comorbidities. HIE and arterial ischemic stroke are the most common causes of seizures in term neonates and account for 7.5-20% of neonatal seizures. Standard first-line treatments such as phenobarbital (PB) and phenytoin fail to curb seizures in ~50% of neonates. In the long-term, HIE can result in hippocampal sclerosis and temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), which is the most common adult epilepsy, ~30% of which is associated with refractory seizures. For patients with refractory TLE seizures, a viable option is the surgical resection of the epileptic foci. Novel insights gained from investigating the developmental role of Cl- cotransporter function have helped to elucidate some of the mechanisms underlying the emergence of refractory seizures in both HIE and TLE. KCC2 as the chief Cl- extruder in neurons is critical for enabling strong hyperpolarizing synaptic inhibition in the brain and has been implicated in the pathophysiology underlying both conditions. More recently, KCC2 function has become a novel therapeutic target to combat refractory seizures.
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- Pavel A Kipnis
- Neuroscience Laboratory, Hugo Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
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- Neuroscience Laboratory, Hugo Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
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Poole BJ, Phillips NL, Stewart E, Harris IM, Lah S. Working Memory in Pediatric Epilepsy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Neuropsychol Rev 2021; 31:569-609. [PMID: 33818735 DOI: 10.1007/s11065-021-09491-7] [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: 08/20/2019] [Accepted: 02/21/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Working memory is a multicomponent system that is supported by overlapping specialized networks in the brain. Baddeley's working memory model includes four components: the phonological loop, visuo-spatial sketchpad, the central executive, and episodic buffer. The aim of this review was to establish the gravity and pattern of working memory deficits in pediatric epilepsy. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement guided electronic searches. Sixty-five studies were included in the review. Meta-analyses revealed significant impairments across each working memory component: phonological loop (g = 0.739), visuo-spatial sketchpad (g = 0.521), and central executive (g = 0.560) in children with epilepsy compared to controls. The episodic buffer was not examined. The pattern of impairments, however, differed according to the site and side of seizure focus. This suggests that working memory components are differentially vulnerable to the location of seizure focus in the developing brain.
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- Belinda J Poole
- School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.,ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia
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- School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.,ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia
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- School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.,ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia
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- School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
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- School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia. .,ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia.
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Crespo M, León-Navarro DA, Martín M. Glutamatergic System is Affected in Brain from an Hyperthermia-Induced Seizures Rat Model. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2021; 42:1501-1512. [PMID: 33492599 DOI: 10.1007/s10571-021-01041-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Accepted: 01/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
One of the most frequent neurological disorders in children is febrile seizures (FS), a risk for epilepsy in adults. Glutamate is the main excitatory neurotransmitter in CNS acting through ionotropic and metabotropic receptors. Excess of glutamate in the extracellular space elicits excitotoxicity and has been associated with neurological disorders, such as epilepsy. The removal of extracellular glutamate by excitatory amino acid transporters (EATT) plays an important neuroprotective role. GLT-1 is the main EAAT present in the cortex brain. On the other hand, an increase in metabotropic glutamate receptors 5 (mGlu5R) levels or their overstimulation have been related to the appearance of seizure events in different animal models and in temporal lobe epilepsy in humans. In this work, the status of several components of the glutamatergic system has been analysed in the cortex brain from an FS rat model at short (48 h) and long (20 days) term after hyperthermia-induced seizures. At the short term, we detected increased GLT-1 levels, reduced glutamate concentration, and unchanged mGlu5R levels, without neuronal loss. However, at the long term, an increase in mGlu5R levels together with a decrease in both GLT-1 and glutamate levels were observed. These changes were associated with the appearance of an anxious phenotype. These results suggest a neuroprotective role of the glutamatergic components mGlu5R and GLT-1 at the short term. However, this neuroprotective effect seems to be lost at the long term, leading to an anxious phenotype and suggesting an increased vulnerability and propensity to epileptic events in adults.
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- M Crespo
- Department of Inorganic, Organic and Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemical and Technological Sciences, School of Medicine of Ciudad Real, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Regional Centre of Biomedical Research (CRIB), Avenida Camilo José Cela, 10, 13071, Ciudad Real, Spain
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- Department of Inorganic, Organic and Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemical and Technological Sciences, School of Medicine of Ciudad Real, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Regional Centre of Biomedical Research (CRIB), Avenida Camilo José Cela, 10, 13071, Ciudad Real, Spain.
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- Department of Inorganic, Organic and Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemical and Technological Sciences, School of Medicine of Ciudad Real, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Regional Centre of Biomedical Research (CRIB), Avenida Camilo José Cela, 10, 13071, Ciudad Real, Spain
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Pisani F, Spagnoli C, Falsaperla R, Nagarajan L, Ramantani G. Seizures in the neonate: A review of etiologies and outcomes. Seizure 2021; 85:48-56. [PMID: 33418166 DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2020.12.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2020] [Revised: 12/24/2020] [Accepted: 12/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Neonatal seizures occur in their majority in close temporal relation to an acute brain injury or systemic insult, and are accordingly defined as acute symptomatic or provoked seizures. However less frequently, unprovoked seizures may also present in the neonatal period as secondary to structural brain abnormalities, thus corresponding to structural epilepsies, or to genetic conditions, thus corresponding to genetic epilepsies. Unprovoked neonatal seizures should be thus considered as the clinical manifestation of early onset structural or genetic epilepsies that often have the characteristics of early onset epileptic encephalopathies. In this review, we address the conundrum of neonatal seizures including acute symptomatic, remote symptomatic, provoked, and unprovoked seizures, evolving to post-neonatal epilepsies, and neonatal onset epilepsies. The different clinical scenarios involving neonatal seizures, each with their distinct post-neonatal evolution are presented. The structural and functional impact of neonatal seizures on brain development and the concept of secondary epileptogenesis, with or without a following latent period after the acute seizures, are addressed. Finally, we underline the need for an early differential diagnosis between an acute symptomatic seizure and an unprovoked seizure, since it is associated with fundamental differences in clinical evolution. These are crucial aspects for neonatal management, counselling and prognostication. In view of the above aspects, we provide an outlook on future strategies and potential lines of research in this field.
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- Francesco Pisani
- Child Neuropsychiatry Unit, Medicine and Surgery Department, University of Parma, Italy
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- Child Neurology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Azienda USL-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University-Hospital Policlinico Vittorio Emanuele, Catania, Italy
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- Children's Neuroscience Service, Department of Neurology, Perth Children's Hospital, Australia
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- Department of Neuropediatrics, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Switzerland.
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Age-dependent shift in spontaneous excitation-inhibition balance of infralimbic prefrontal layer II/III neurons is accelerated by early life stress, independent of forebrain mineralocorticoid receptor expression. Neuropharmacology 2020; 180:108294. [PMID: 32882227 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2020.108294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2020] [Revised: 08/20/2020] [Accepted: 08/29/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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In this study we tested the hypothesis i) that age-dependent shifts in the excitation-inhibition balance of prefrontal neurons are accelerated by early life stress, a risk factor for the etiology of many psychiatric disorders; and if so, ii) that this process is exacerbated by genetic forebrain-specific downregulation of the mineralocorticoid receptor, a receptor that was earlier found to be a protective factor for negative effects of early life stress in both rodents and humans. In agreement with the literature, an age-dependent downregulation of the excitation-inhibition balance was found both with regard to spontaneous and evoked synaptic currents. The age-dependent shift in spontaneous excitatory relative to inhibitory currents was significantly accelerated by early life stress, but this was not exacerbated by reduction in mineralocorticoid receptor expression. The age-dependent changes in the excitation-inhibition balance were mirrored by similar changes in receptor subunit expression and morphological alterations, particularly in spine density, which could thus potentially contribute to the functional changes. However, none of these parameters displayed acceleration by early life stress, nor depended on mineralocorticoid receptor expression. We conclude that, in agreement with the hypothesis, early life stress accelerates the developmental shift of the excitation-inhibition balance but, contrary to expectation, there is no evidence for a putative protective role of the mineralocorticoid receptor in this system. In view of the modest effect of early life stress on the excitation-inhibition balance, alternative mechanisms potentially underlying the development of psychiatric disorders should be further explored.
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Chaunsali L, Tewari BP, Gallucci A, Thompson EG, Savoia A, Feld N, Campbell SL. Glioma-induced peritumoral hyperexcitability in a pediatric glioma model. Physiol Rep 2020; 8:e14567. [PMID: 33026196 PMCID: PMC7539466 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.14567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2020] [Revised: 08/10/2020] [Accepted: 08/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Epileptic seizures are among the most common presenting symptom in patients with glioma. The etiology of glioma-related seizures is complex and not completely understood. Studies using adult glioma patient tissue and adult glioma mouse models, show that neurons adjacent to the tumor mass, peritumoral neurons, are hyperexcitable and contribute to seizures. Although it is established that there are phenotypic and genotypic distinctions in gliomas from adult and pediatric patients, it is unknown whether these established differences in pediatric glioma biology and the microenvironment in which these glioma cells harbor, the developing brain, differentially impacts surrounding neurons. In the present study, we examine the effect of patient-derived pediatric glioma cells on the function of peritumoral neurons using two pediatric glioma models. Pediatric glioma cells were intracranially injected into the cerebrum of postnatal days 2 and 3 (p2/3) mouse pups for 7 days. Electrophysiological recordings showed that cortical layer 2/3 peritumoral neurons exhibited significant differences in their intrinsic properties compared to those of sham control neurons. Peritumoral neurons fired significantly more action potentials in response to smaller current injection and exhibited a depolarization block in response to higher current injection. The threshold for eliciting an action potential and pharmacologically induced epileptiform activity was lower in peritumoral neurons compared to sham. Our findings suggest that pediatric glioma cells increase excitability in the developing peritumoral neurons by exhibiting early onset of depolarization block, which was not previously observed in adult glioma peritumoral neurons.
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- Lata Chaunsali
- Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate ProgramSchool of NeuroscienceVirginia TechBlacksburgVAUSA
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- Fralin Biomedical Research InstituteGlial Biology in HealthDisease and CancerVirginia TechRoanokeVAUSA
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- Fralin Biomedical Research InstituteTranslational Biology, Medicine and HealthVirginia TechRoanokeVAUSA
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- Animal and Poultry SciencesVirginia TechBlacksburgVAUSA
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- School of MedicineVirginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmondVAUSA
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate ProgramSchool of NeuroscienceVirginia TechBlacksburgVAUSA
- Fralin Biomedical Research InstituteGlial Biology in HealthDisease and CancerVirginia TechRoanokeVAUSA
- Animal and Poultry SciencesVirginia TechBlacksburgVAUSA
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Huntsman RJ, Strueby L, Bingham W. Are Ketamine Infusions a Viable Therapeutic Option for Refractory Neonatal Seizures? Pediatr Neurol 2020; 103:8-11. [PMID: 31601453 DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2019.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2019] [Revised: 08/22/2019] [Accepted: 09/04/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Ketamine is an N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist that works by binding to the phencyclidine-binding site, thereby blocking influx of cations through the NMDA receptor channel. The use of ketamine to treat refractory status epilepticus in adults and older children is well documented. Maturational changes in neonatal NMDA and γ-aminobutyric acid receptor expression and function make NMDA receptor antagonists, like ketamine, attractive potential therapeutic agents for treatment of refractory seizures in the newborn. However, descriptions of its use in this age group are limited to two case reports. Concerns regarding potential ketamine-mediated neurotoxicity in the immature brain require further investigation.
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- Richard J Huntsman
- Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Tsubouchi Y, Tanabe A, Saito Y, Noma H, Maegaki Y. Long-term prognosis of epilepsy in patients with cerebral palsy. Dev Med Child Neurol 2019; 61:1067-1073. [PMID: 30854645 DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.14188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIM To assess the long-term natural course and prognosis of epilepsy in patients with cerebral palsy (CP). METHOD We retrospectively collected data for 72 patients (36 males, 36 females) with CP who had epilepsy who visited our institutions between 1980 and 2015. The data from medical records, electroencephalography (EEG), and neuroimaging findings were reviewed. Time-to-event statistical analyses were performed to analyse the remission outcome and the Cox regression model was used for multivariate analyses. RESULTS Median age at onset of epilepsy was 2 years 0 months, and 17 years 0 months at the latest follow-up. In total, 34 patients (47%, 0.043 per person-year) achieved seizure remission at a median age of 11 years 0 months. Favourable factors for seizure remission included older age, motor disability being able to roll over/crawl but not able to sit, intellectual disability with an IQ between 36 and 70, normal findings on neuroimaging, and CP type other than spastic quadriplegia. In multivariate analysis, spastic quadriplegia was found to be associated with continued seizure activity. Antiepileptic drugs could be discontinued without relapse in 10 patients at a median age of 16 years 6 months, occurring 11 years 6 months after the onset of epilepsy. The drugs were terminated if the patient was aged at least 10 years and had perinatal causative aetiology and normalization or amelioration of epileptiform discharges on EEG. INTERPRETATION The remission rate of epilepsy in CP increases up to young adulthood, and termination of antiepileptic drugs can be considered in selected cases at older ages. WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS The remission rate of epilepsy in cerebral palsy increases up to 20 years after onset. In some cases, antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) can be terminated without relapse. Older age, perinatal aetiology, and improvement on electroencephalography are favourable factors for terminating AEDs.
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- Yoshiko Tsubouchi
- Division of Child Neurology, Department of Brain and Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Tottori Prefectural Rehabilitation Center for Children with Disabilities, Yonago, Japan
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- Division of Child Neurology, Department of Brain and Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan
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- Department of Data Science, The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Child Neurology, Department of Brain and Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan
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Fabera P, Parizkova M, Uttl L, Vondrakova K, Kubova H, Tsenov G, Mares P. Adenosine A1 Receptor Agonist 2-chloro-N6-cyclopentyladenosine and Hippocampal Excitability During Brain Development in Rats. Front Pharmacol 2019; 10:656. [PMID: 31258477 PMCID: PMC6587156 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2019.00656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2018] [Accepted: 05/20/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Objective: The adenosinergic system may influence excitability in the brain. Endogenous and exogenous adenosine has anticonvulsant activity presumably by activating A1 receptors. Adenosine A1 receptor agonist 2-chloro-N6-cyclopentyladenosine (CCPA) may thus bolster anticonvulsant effects, but its action and the number of A1 receptors at different developmental stages are not known. Methods: Hippocampal epileptic afterdischarges (ADs) were elicited in 12-, 15-, 18-, 25-, 45-, and 60-day-old rats. Stimulation and recording electrodes were implanted into the dorsal hippocampus. The A1 receptor agonist 2-chloro-N6-cyclopentyladenosine (CCPA, 0.5 or 1 mg/kg) was administered intraperitoneally 10 min before the first stimulation. Control animals were injected with saline. All rats were stimulated with a 2-s series of 1-ms biphasic pulses delivered at 60 Hz with increasing stepwise intensity (0.05–0.6 mA). Each age and dose group contained 9–14 animals. The AD thresholds and durations were evaluated, and the A1 receptors were detected in the hippocampus in 7-, 10-, 12-, 15-, 18-, 21-, 25-, 32-, and 52-day-old rats. Results: Both CCPA doses significantly increased hippocampal AD thresholds in 12-, 15-, 18-, and 60-day-old rats compared to controls. In contrast, the higher dose significantly decreased AD threshold in the 25-day-old rats. The AD durations were significantly shortened in all age groups except for 25-day-old rats where they were significantly prolonged. A1 receptor expression in the hippocampus was highest in 10-day-old rats and subsequently decreased. Significance: The adenosine A1 receptor agonist CCPA exhibited anticonvulsant activity at all developmental stages studied here except for 25-day-old rats. Age-related differences might be due to the development of presynaptic A1 receptors in the hippocampus.
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- Petr Fabera
- Department of Developmental Epileptology, Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia.,Department of Neurology, Second Faculty of Medicine, Motol University Hospital, Charles University, Prague, Czechia
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- Department of Developmental Epileptology, Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia.,Department of Neurology, Second Faculty of Medicine, Motol University Hospital, Charles University, Prague, Czechia
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- Department of Developmental Epileptology, Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia.,National Institute of Mental Health, Klecany, Czechia
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- Department of Developmental Epileptology, Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia.,National Institute of Mental Health, Klecany, Czechia
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- Department of Developmental Epileptology, Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia
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- Department of Developmental Epileptology, Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia.,Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Developmental Epileptology, Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia
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Gaínza-Lein M, Fernández IS, Ulate-Campos A, Loddenkemper T, Ostendorf AP. Timing in the treatment of status epilepticus: From basics to the clinic. Seizure 2019; 68:22-30. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2018.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2018] [Revised: 05/18/2018] [Accepted: 05/29/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Baudou E, Cances C, Dimeglio C, Hachon Lecamus C. Etiology of neonatal seizures and maintenance therapy use: a 10-year retrospective study at Toulouse Children's hospital. BMC Pediatr 2019; 19:136. [PMID: 31035972 PMCID: PMC6487521 DOI: 10.1186/s12887-019-1508-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2018] [Accepted: 04/11/2019] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND No guidelines exist concerning the maintenance antiepileptic drug to use after neonatal seizures. Practices vary from one hospital to another. The aim of this study was to investigate etiologies and to report on the use of maintenance antiepileptic therapy in our population of full-term neonates presenting neonatal seizures. METHODS From January 2004 to October 2014, we retrospectively collected data from all full-term neonates with neonatal seizures admitted to the Children's Hospital of Toulouse, France. RESULTS Two hundred and forty-three neonates were included (59% males, 48% electroencephalographic confirmation). The frequencies of etiologies of neonatal seizures were: hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) (n = 91; 37%), ischemic infarction (n = 36; 15%), intracranial hemorrhage (n = 29; 12%), intracranial infection (n = 19; 8%), metabolic or electrolyte disorders (n = 9; 3%), inborn errors of metabolism (n = 5; 2%), congenital malformations of the central nervous system (n = 11; 5%), epileptic syndromes (n = 27; 12%) and unknown (n = 16; 7%). A maintenance therapy was prescribed in 180 (72%) newborns: valproic acid (n = 123), carbamazepine (n = 28), levetiracetam (n = 17), vigabatrin (n = 2), and phenobarbital (n = 4). In our cohort, the choice of antiepileptic drug depended mainly on etiology. The average duration of treatment was six months. CONCLUSIONS In our cohort, valproic acid was the most frequently prescribed maintenance antiepileptic therapy. However, the arrival on the market of new antiepileptic drugs and a better understanding of the physiopathology of genetic encephalopathies is changing our practice. TRIAL REGISTRATION Retrospectively registered. Patient data were reported to the "Commission Nationale Informatique et Libertés" under the number 2106953 .
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- E Baudou
- Unit of Pediatric Neurology, Hôpital des Enfants, CHU Toulouse, 330 av de Grande Bretagne-TSA, 31059, Toulouse Cedex, France. .,Service de Neurologie Pédiatrique, Hôpital des Enfants, CHU Toulouse, 330 avenue de Grande Bretagne-TSA, 31059, Toulouse Cedex, France.
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- Unit of Pediatric Neurology, Hôpital des Enfants, CHU Toulouse, 330 av de Grande Bretagne-TSA, 31059, Toulouse Cedex, France
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- Biostatistiques, Informatique Médicale, UMR 1027 Inserm, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- Unit of Pediatric Neurology, Hôpital des Enfants, CHU Toulouse, 330 av de Grande Bretagne-TSA, 31059, Toulouse Cedex, France
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Wang DD, Jin MF, Zhao DJ, Ni H. Reduction of Mitophagy-Related Oxidative Stress and Preservation of Mitochondria Function Using Melatonin Therapy in an HT22 Hippocampal Neuronal Cell Model of Glutamate-Induced Excitotoxicity. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2019; 10:550. [PMID: 31440210 PMCID: PMC6694460 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2019.00550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2019] [Accepted: 07/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Recent evidence indicates that autophagy-mediated mitochondrial homeostasis is crucial for oxidative stress-related brain damage and repair. The highest concentration of melatonin is in the mitochondria of cells, and melatonin exhibits well-known antioxidant properties. We investigated the impact and mechanism involved in mitochondrial function and the mitochondrial oxidative stress/autophagy regulator parameters of glutamate cytotoxicity in mouse HT22 hippocampal neurons. We tested the hypothesis that melatonin confers neuroprotective effects via protecting against mitochondrial impairment and mitophagy. Cells were divided into four groups: the control group, melatonin alone group, glutamate injury group, and melatonin pretreatment group. We found that glutamate induced significant changes in mitochondrial function/oxidative stress-related parameters. Leptin administration preserved mitochondrial function, and this effect was associated with increased superoxide dismutase, glutathione (GSH), and mitochondrial membrane potential and decreased GSSG (oxidized glutathione) and mitochondrial reactive oxygen species. Melatonin significantly reduced the fluorescence intensity of mitophagy via the Beclin-1/Bcl-2 pathway, which involves Beclin-1 and Bcl-2 proteins. The mitophagy inhibitor CsA corrected these glutamate-induce changes, as measured by the fluorescence intensity of Mitophagy-Tracker Red CMXROS, mitochondrial ROS, and mitochondrial membrane potential changes. These findings indicate that melatonin exerts neuroprotective effects against glutamate-induced excitotoxicity by reducing mitophagy-related oxidative stress and maintaining mitochondrial function.
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Amengual-Gual M, Sánchez Fernández I, Wainwright MS. Novel drugs and early polypharmacotherapy in status epilepticus. Seizure 2018; 68:79-88. [PMID: 30473267 DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2018.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2018] [Accepted: 08/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Rescue medications for status epilepticus (SE) have a relatively high rate of failure. The purpose of this review is to summarize the evidence for the efficacy of novel drugs and early polypharmacotherapy for SE. METHOD Literature review. RESULTS New drugs and treatment strategies aim to target the pathophysiology of SE in order to improve seizure control and outcomes. Changes at the synapse level during SE include a progressive decrease in synaptic GABAA receptors and increase in synaptic NMDA receptors. These changes tend to promote self-sustaining seizures. Current SE guidelines recommend a rapid stepwise treatment using benzodiazepines in monotherapy as the first-line treatment, targeting GABAA synaptic receptors. Novel treatment approaches target GABAA synaptic and extrasynaptic receptors with allopregnanolone, and NMDA receptors with ketamine. Novel rescue treatments used for SE include topiramate, brivaracetam, and perampanel, which are already marketed in epilepsy. Some available drugs not marketed for use in epilepsy have been used in the treatment of SE, and other agents are being studied for this purpose. Early polytherapy, most frequently combining a benzodiazepine with a second-line drug or an NMDA receptor antagonist, might potentially increase seizure control with relatively minor increase in side effects. Although many preclinical studies support novel drugs and early polytherapy in SE, human studies are scarce and inconclusive. Currently, evidence is lacking to recommend specific combinations of these new agents. CONCLUSIONS Novel drugs and strategies target the underlying pathophysiology of SE with the intent to improve seizure control and outcomes.
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- Marta Amengual-Gual
- Division of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology, Department of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Pediatric Neurology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma, Spain.
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- Division of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology, Department of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Child Neurology, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Universidad de Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Neurology, Division of Pediatric Neurology. University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
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Cortical and spinal conditioned media modify the inward ion currents and excitability and promote differentiation of human striatal primordium. J Chem Neuroanat 2018; 90:87-97. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2017.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2017] [Revised: 12/19/2017] [Accepted: 12/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Zhang L. Severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia induces temporal and occipital lobe seizures. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0197113. [PMID: 29750802 PMCID: PMC5947905 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2018] [Accepted: 04/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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To examine the origin of seizures induced by severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, The EEG characteristics of seizures were analyzed in newborns with and without severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. Fisher’s exact test was used to determine the specificity. In total, 931 patients had a total serum bilirubin (TSB) level of 340–425 μmol/L, only 2 of whom had seizures. Compared to patients with hyperbilirubinemia and a TSB level of 340–425 μmol/L, those with a TSB level >425 μmol/L had a significant risk of seizure (OR = 213.2, 95% CI = 113.0–405.8, P<0.001). Of all 28 patients with severe hyperbilirubinemia and seizure, 26 had seizures that originated in the temporal and/or occipital lobe. In seizure patients without severe hyperbilirubinemia, origination in the temporal/occipital and other lobes occurred in 19 and 117 cases, respectively. Compared to the risk of seizure origination in the temporal and/or occipital lobe in other diseases, the risk in patients with severe hyperbilirubinemia was increased by approximately 80 times (OR = 80.1, 95% CI = 28.3–226.4, P<0.001). Severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia can selectively induce temporal and occipital lobe seizures. This is the first report of a new syndrome with the same etiology and electrophysiological features as epilepsy.
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MESH Headings
- Bilirubin/blood
- Epilepsies, Partial/blood
- Epilepsies, Partial/etiology
- Epilepsies, Partial/physiopathology
- Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe/blood
- Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe/etiology
- Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe/physiopathology
- Female
- Humans
- Hyperbilirubinemia, Neonatal/blood
- Hyperbilirubinemia, Neonatal/complications
- Hyperbilirubinemia, Neonatal/physiopathology
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Male
- Risk Factors
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- Lian Zhang
- Department of Neonatology, Shenzhen City Baoan District Women and Children’s Hospital, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Neonatology, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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De Haan TR, Langeslag J, van der Lee JH, van Kaam AH. A systematic review comparing neurodevelopmental outcome in term infants with hypoxic and vascular brain injury with and without seizures. BMC Pediatr 2018; 18:147. [PMID: 29720158 PMCID: PMC5930747 DOI: 10.1186/s12887-018-1116-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2017] [Accepted: 04/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background There is increasing evidence that neonatal seizures in term neonates with stroke, asphyxia or brain haemorrhage might be associated with adverse neurodevelopment and development of epilepsy. The extent of this association is not known. The objective of this study was to assess the possible impact of neonatal seizures on these outcomes and if possible calculate a relative risk. Methods A systematic review and meta-analysis was performed (study period January 2000–June 2015). PubMed, Medline and Embase were searched for cohort studies evaluating neurodevelopmental outcome at the age of at least 18 months or development of epilepsy in surviving term neonates with or without neonatal seizures. The methodological quality of included studies was assessed and data extractions were performed in a standardized manner by independent reviewers. Pooled Relative Risks (RR) with 95% confidence intervals for adverse outcome were calculated if possible. Results Out of 1443 eligible studies 48 were selected for full text reading leaving 9 cohort studies for the final analyses (4 studies on stroke, 4 on perinatal asphyxia and one on cerebral hemorrhage). For all cases with stroke or asphyxia combined the pooled risk ratio (RR) for adverse outcome when suffering neonatal seizures was 7.42 (3.84–14.34); for neonates with perinatal asphyxia: 8.41 (4.07–17.39) and for neonates with stroke: 4.95 (1.07–23.0). The pooled RR for development of late onset epilepsy could only be determined for infants suffering from stroke: 1.48 (0.82–2.68). Results were biased and evidence sparse. Conclusions The presence of neonatal seizures in term newborns with vascular or hypoxic brain injury may have an impact on or be a predictor of neurodevelopmental outcome. The biased available data yield insufficient evidence about the true size of this association. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12887-018-1116-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- T R De Haan
- Department of Neonatology, Emma Children's Hospital, Academic Medical Center, PO Box 22660, 1100, DD, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Neonatology, Emma Children's Hospital, Academic Medical Center, PO Box 22660, 1100, DD, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Pediatric clinical Research Office, Emma Children's Hospital, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neonatology, Emma Children's Hospital, Academic Medical Center, PO Box 22660, 1100, DD, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Dingman AL, Stence NV, O'Neill BR, Sillau SH, Chapman KE. Seizure Severity Is Correlated With Severity of Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury in Abusive Head Trauma. Pediatr Neurol 2018; 82:29-35. [PMID: 29625848 DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2017.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2017] [Accepted: 12/04/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to characterize hypoxic-ischemic injury and seizures in abusive head trauma. METHODS We studied 58 children with moderate or severe traumatic brain injury due to abusive head trauma. Continuous electroencephalograms and magnetic resonance images were scored. RESULTS Electrographic seizures (51.2%) and hypoxic-ischemic injury (77.4%) were common in our cohort. Younger age was associated with electrographic seizures (no seizures: median age 13.5 months, interquartile range five to 25 months, versus seizures: 4.5 months, interquartile range 3 to 9.5 months; P = 0.001). Severity of hypoxic-ischemic injury was also associated with seizures (no seizures: median injury score 1.0, interquartile range 0 to 3, versus seizures: 4.5, interquartile range 3 to 8; P = 0.01), but traumatic injury severity was not associated with seizures (no seizures: mean injury score 3.78 ± 1.68 versus seizures: mean injury score 3.83 ± 0.95, P = 0.89). There was a correlation between hypoxic-ischemic injury severity and seizure burden when controlling for patient age (rs=0.61, P < 0.001). The ratio of restricted diffusion volume to total brain volume (restricted diffusion ratio) was smaller on magnetic resonance imaging done early (median restricted diffusion ratio 0.03, interquartile range 0 to 0.23 on magnetic resonance imaging done within two days versus median restricted diffusion ratio 0.13, interquartile range 0.01 to 0.43 on magnetic resonance imaging done after two days, P = 0.03). CONCLUSIONS Electrographic seizures are common in children with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury from abusive head trauma, and therefore children with suspected abusive head trauma should be monitored with continuous electroencephalogram. Severity of hypoxic-ischemic brain injury is correlated with severity of seizures, and evidence of hypoxic-ischemic injury on magnetic resonance imaging may evolve over time. Therefore children with a high seizure burden should be reimaged to evaluate for evolving hypoxic-ischemic injury.
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- Andra L Dingman
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Child Neurology, University of Colorado Anschuts Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado.
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- Department of Radiology, Division of Pediatric Radiology, University of Colorado Anschuts Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, University of Colorado Anschuts Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado
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- Department of Neurology, University of Colorado Anschuts Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Child Neurology, University of Colorado Anschuts Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado
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Transient Disruption of Adenosine Signaling During Embryogenesis Triggers a Pro-epileptic Phenotype in Adult Zebrafish. Mol Neurobiol 2018; 55:6547-6557. [PMID: 29327202 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-017-0850-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2017] [Accepted: 12/19/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Adenosinergic signaling has important effects on brain function, anatomy, and physiology in both late and early stages of development. Exposure to caffeine, a non-specific blocker of adenosine receptor, has been indicated as a developmental risk factor. Disruption of adenosinergic signaling during early stages of development can change the normal neural network formation and possibly lead to an increase in susceptibility to seizures. In this work, morpholinos (MO) temporarily blocked the translation of adenosine receptor transcripts, adora1, adora2aa, and adora2ab, during the embryonic phase of zebrafish. It was observed that the block of adora2aa and adora2aa + adora2ab transcripts increased the mortality rate and caused high rate of malformations. To test the susceptibility of MO adora1, MO adora2aa, MO adora2ab, and MO adora2aa + adora2ab animals to seizure, pentylenetetrazole (10 mM) was used as a convulsant agent in larval and adult stages of zebrafish development. Although no MO promoted significant differences in latency time to reach the seizures stages in 7-day-old larvae, during the adult stage, all MO animals showed a decrease in the latency time to reach stages III, IV, and V of seizure. These results indicated that transient interventions in the adenosinergic signaling through high affinity adenosine receptors during embryonic development promote strong outcomes on survival and morphology. Additionally, long-term effects on neural development can lead to permanent impairment on neural signaling resulting in increased susceptibility to seizure.
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Kirischuk S, Sinning A, Blanquie O, Yang JW, Luhmann HJ, Kilb W. Modulation of Neocortical Development by Early Neuronal Activity: Physiology and Pathophysiology. Front Cell Neurosci 2017; 11:379. [PMID: 29238291 PMCID: PMC5712676 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2017.00379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2017] [Accepted: 11/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Animal and human studies revealed that patterned neuronal activity is an inherent feature of developing nervous systems. This review summarizes our current knowledge about the mechanisms generating early electrical activity patterns and their impact on structural and functional development of the cerebral cortex. All neocortical areas display distinct spontaneous and sensory-driven neuronal activity patterns already at early phases of development. At embryonic stages, intermittent spontaneous activity is synchronized within small neuronal networks, becoming more complex with further development. This transition is accompanied by a gradual shift from electrical to chemical synaptic transmission, with a particular role of non-synaptic tonic currents before the onset of phasic synaptic activity. In this review article we first describe functional impacts of classical neurotransmitters (GABA, glutamate) and modulatory systems (e.g., acetylcholine, ACh) on early neuronal activities in the neocortex with special emphasis on electrical synapses, nonsynaptic and synaptic currents. Early neuronal activity influences probably all developmental processes and is crucial for the proper formation of neuronal circuits. In the second part of our review, we illustrate how specific activity patterns might interfere with distinct neurodevelopmental processes like proliferation, migration, axonal and dendritic sprouting, synapse formation and neurotransmitter specification. Finally, we present evidence that transient alterations in neuronal activity during restricted perinatal periods can lead to persistent changes in functional connectivity and therefore might underlie the manifestation of neurological and neuropsychiatric diseases.
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- Sergei Kirischuk
- Institute of Physiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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Nagy E, Major A, Farkas N, Hollódy K. Epileptic seizure or not? Proportion of correct judgement based only on a video recording of a paroxysmal event. Seizure 2017; 53:26-30. [PMID: 29101825 DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2017.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2017] [Revised: 08/25/2017] [Accepted: 08/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Our study was intended to measure the proportion of correct seizure recognition among different medical and non-medical groups based on only a video recording. METHODS Video recordings about paroxysmal movements of 15 very young infants (2days - 5 months of age) were displayed for six groups: 159 1st-year medical students, 65 4-5th-year medical students, 52 paediatric residents, 18 paediatric neurologists from different European countries, 43 adult neurologists and 37 parents whose children were treated at our Department. All participants were asked to decide which recording they considered as of epileptic origin or a non-epileptic event. Correct answer rate (CAR) was calculated in each group for every video. RESULTS The average CAR was the lowest in the group of 1st-year medical students (36.6%), the best results were reached by paediatric neurologists (67.4%). The CAR was significantly different between the groups of 1st-year medical students and paediatric neurologists (p=0.02), and between the groups of 1st-year medical students and residents (p=0.045). The CAR of the most deceptive epileptic seizure was only 18.2%. The judgement of parents proved to be better than that of the 1st-year medical students. CONCLUSIONS Recognising epileptic seizures in very young infants without EEG is extremely inaccurate. Even trained paediatric neurologists were able to judge correctly the different movement types in only 67.4% of the cases. The role of education and experience is clearly indicated by the increase in CAR from 1st-year medical students through well-trained paediatric neurologists.
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- Eszter Nagy
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Pécs, 7 József A. Street, Pécs, H-7623, Hungary.
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Pécs, 7 József A. Street, Pécs, H-7623, Hungary.
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- Institute of Bioanalysis, University of Pécs, 12 Szigeti Street, Pécs, H-7624, Hungary.
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Pécs, 7 József A. Street, Pécs, H-7623, Hungary.
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Li ZH, Li LL, Jin MF, Chen XQ, Sun Q, Ni H. Dysregulation of zinc/lipid metabolism‑associated genes in the rat hippocampus and cerebral cortex in early adulthood following recurrent neonatal seizures. Mol Med Rep 2017; 16:4701-4709. [PMID: 28791347 PMCID: PMC5647039 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2017.7160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2016] [Accepted: 06/06/2017] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Although it has been established that recurrent or prolonged clinical seizures during infancy may cause lifelong brain damage, the underlying molecular mechanism is still not well elucidated. The present study, to the best of our knowledge, is the first to investigate the expression of twenty zinc (Zn)/lipid metabolism-associated genes in the hippocampus and cerebral cortex of rats following recurrent neonatal seizures. In the current study, 6-day-old Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into control (CONT) and recurrent neonatal seizure (RS) groups. On postnatal day 35 (P35), mossy fiber sprouting and gene expression were assessed by Timm staining and reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction, respectively. Of the twenty genes investigated, seven were significantly downregulated, while four were significantly upregulated in the RS group compared with CONT rats, which was observed in the hippocampus but not in the cerebral cortex. Meanwhile, aberrant mossy fiber sprouting was observed in the supragranular region of the dentate gyrus and Cornu Ammonis 3 subfield of the hippocampus in the RS group. In addition, linear correlation analysis identified significant associations between the expression of certain genes in the hippocampus, which accounted for 40% of the total fifty-five gene pairs among the eleven regulated genes. However, only eight gene pairs in the cerebral cortex exhibited significant positive associations, which accounted for 14.5% of the total. The results of the present study indicated the importance of hippocampal Zn/lipid metabolism-associated genes in recurrent neonatal seizure-induced aberrant mossy fiber sprouting, which may aid the identification of novel potential targets during epileptogenesis.
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- Zhen-Hong Li
- Neurology Laboratory, Institute of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215003, P.R. China
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- Neurology Laboratory, Institute of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215003, P.R. China
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- Neurology Laboratory, Institute of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215003, P.R. China
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- Neurology Laboratory, Institute of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215003, P.R. China
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- Neurology Laboratory, Institute of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215003, P.R. China
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- Neurology Laboratory, Institute of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215003, P.R. China
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Jarre G, Altwegg-Boussac T, Williams MS, Studer F, Chipaux M, David O, Charpier S, Depaulis A, Mahon S, Guillemain I. Building Up Absence Seizures in the Somatosensory Cortex: From Network to Cellular Epileptogenic Processes. Cereb Cortex 2017; 27:4607-4623. [DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhx174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2016] [Accepted: 06/22/2017] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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- Guillaume Jarre
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences, GIN, F-38000 Grenoble, France
- Inserm, U1216, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- Inserm U 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06 UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, F-75013, Paris, France
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- Inserm U 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06 UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, F-75013, Paris, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences, GIN, F-38000 Grenoble, France
- Inserm, U1216, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- Pediatric Neurosurgery Department, Fondation Ophtalmologique A. de Rothschild, 75019 Paris, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences, GIN, F-38000 Grenoble, France
- Inserm, U1216, F-38000 Grenoble, France
- CHU de Grenoble, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- Inserm U 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06 UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, F-75013, Paris, France
- UPMC Univ Paris 06, F-75005, Paris, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences, GIN, F-38000 Grenoble, France
- Inserm, U1216, F-38000 Grenoble, France
- CHU de Grenoble, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- Inserm U 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06 UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, F-75013, Paris, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences, GIN, F-38000 Grenoble, France
- Inserm, U1216, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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Hameed MQ, Dhamne SC, Gersner R, Kaye HL, Oberman LM, Pascual-Leone A, Rotenberg A. Transcranial Magnetic and Direct Current Stimulation in Children. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2017; 17:11. [PMID: 28229395 PMCID: PMC5962296 DOI: 10.1007/s11910-017-0719-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Promising results in adult neurologic and psychiatric disorders are driving active research into transcranial brain stimulation techniques, particularly transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), in childhood and adolescent syndromes. TMS has realistic utility as an experimental tool tested in a range of pediatric neuropathologies such as perinatal stroke, depression, Tourette syndrome, and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). tDCS has also been tested as a treatment for a number of pediatric neurologic conditions, including ASD, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, epilepsy, and cerebral palsy. Here, we complement recent reviews with an update of published TMS and tDCS results in children, and discuss developmental neuroscience considerations that should inform pediatric transcranial stimulation.
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- Mustafa Q Hameed
- Neuromodulation Program, Division of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology, Department of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
- F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Department of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Boston Children's Hospital Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Neuromodulation Program, Division of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology, Department of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
- F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Department of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Neuromodulation Program, Division of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology, Department of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
- F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Department of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Neuromodulation Program, Division of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology, Department of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
- F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Department of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Neuroplasticity and Autism Spectrum Disorder Program and Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, E.P. Bradley Hospital and Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation and Division for Cognitive Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Institut Guttmann, Universitat Autonoma, Barcelona, Spain
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- Neuromodulation Program, Division of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology, Department of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
- F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Department of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
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Sukhanova IA, Sebentsova EA, Levitskaya NG. The acute and delayed effects of perinatal hypoxic brain damage in children and in model experiments with rodents. NEUROCHEM J+ 2016. [DOI: 10.1134/s1819712416040127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Barrett KT, Wilson RJA, Scantlebury MH. TRPV1 deletion exacerbates hyperthermic seizures in an age-dependent manner in mice. Epilepsy Res 2016; 128:27-34. [PMID: 27810513 DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2016.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2016] [Revised: 09/07/2016] [Accepted: 10/24/2016] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Febrile seizures (FS) are the most common seizure disorder to affect children. Although there is mounting evidence to support that FS occur when children have fever-induced hyperventilation leading to respiratory alkalosis, the underlying mechanisms of hyperthermia-induced hyperventilation and links to FS remain poorly understood. As transient receptor potential vanilloid-1 (TRPV1) receptors are heat-sensitive, play an important role in adult thermoregulation and modulate respiratory chemoreceptors, we hypothesize that TRPV1 activation is important for hyperthermia-induced hyperventilation leading to respiratory alkalosis and decreased FS thresholds, and consequently, TRPV1 KO mice will be relatively protected from hyperthermic seizures. To test our hypothesis we subjected postnatal (P) day 8-20 TRPV1 KO and C57BL/6 control mice to heated dry air. Seizure threshold temperature, latency and the rate of rise of body temperature during hyperthermia were assessed. At ages where differences in seizure thresholds were identified, head-out plethysmography was used to assess breathing and the rate of expired CO2 in response to hyperthermia, to determine if the changes in seizure thresholds were related to respiratory alkalosis. Paradoxically, we observed a pro-convulsant effect of TRPV1 deletion (∼4min decrease in seizure latency), and increased ventilation in response to hyperthermia in TRPV1 KO compared to control mice at P20. This pro-convulsant effect of TRPV1 absence was not associated with an increased rate of expired CO2, however, these mice had a more rapid rise in body temperature following exposure to hyperthermia than controls, and the expected linear relationship between body weight and seizure latency was absent. Based on these findings, we conclude that deletion of the TRPV1 receptor prevents reduction in hyperthermic seizure susceptibility in older mouse pups, via a mechanism that is independent of hyperthermia-induced respiratory alkalosis, but possibly involves impaired development of thermoregulatory mechanisms, although at present the mechanism remain unknown.
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- Karlene T Barrett
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada; Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada
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- Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada; Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada; Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada; Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada; Department of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada.
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Ghafouri S, Fathollahi Y, Javan M, Shojaei A, Asgari A, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J. Effect of low frequency stimulation on impaired spontaneous alternation behavior of kindled rats in Y-maze test. Epilepsy Res 2016; 126:37-44. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2016.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2016] [Revised: 05/28/2016] [Accepted: 06/25/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Multiscale Entropy of Electroencephalogram as a Potential Predictor for the Prognosis of Neonatal Seizures. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0144732. [PMID: 26658680 PMCID: PMC4676749 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2014] [Accepted: 11/23/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Objective Increasing animal studies supported the harmful effects of prolonged or frequent neonatal seizures in developing brain, including increased risk of later epilepsy. Various nonlinear analytic measures had been applied to investigate the change of brain complexity with age. This study focuses on clarifying the relationship between later epilepsy and the changes of electroencephalogram (EEG) complexity in neonatal seizures. Methods EEG signals from 19 channels of the whole brain from 32 neonates below 2 months old were acquired. The neonates were classified into 3 groups: 9 were normal controls, 9 were neonatal seizures without later epilepsy, and 14 were neonatal seizures with later epilepsy. Sample entropy (SamEn), multiscale entropy (MSE) and complexity index (CI) were analyzed. Results Although there was no significant change in SamEn, the CI values showed significantly decreased over Channels C3, C4, and Cz in patients with neonatal seizures and later epilepsy compared with control group. More multifocal epileptiform discharges in EEG, more abnormal neuroimaging findings, and higher incidence of future developmental delay were noted in the group with later epilepsy. Conclusions Decreased MSE and CI values in patients with neonatal seizures and later epilepsy may reflect the mixed effects of acute insults, underlying brain immaturity, and prolonged seizures-related injuries. The analysis of MSE and CI can therefore provide a quantifiable and accurate way to decrypt the mystery of neonatal seizures, and could be a promising predictor.
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Sun H, Juul HM, Jensen FE. Models of hypoxia and ischemia-induced seizures. J Neurosci Methods 2015; 260:252-60. [PMID: 26434705 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2015.09.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2015] [Accepted: 09/22/2015] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Despite greater understanding and improved management, seizures continue to be a major problem in childhood. Neonatal seizures are often refractory to conventional antiepileptic drugs, and can result in later life epilepsy and cognitive deficits, conditions for which there are no specific treatments. Hypoxic and/or ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) is the most common cause for neonatal seizures, and accounts for more than two-thirds of neonatal seizure cases. A better understanding of the cellular and molecular mechanisms is essential for identifying new therapeutic strategies that control the neonatal seizures and its cognitive consequences. This heavily relies on animal models that play a critical role in discovering novel mechanisms underlying both epileptogenesis and associated cognitive impairments. To date, a number of animal models have provided a tremendous amount of information regarding the pathophysiology of HIE-induced neonatal seizures. This review provides an overview on the most important features of the main animal models of HIE-induced seizures. In particular, we focus on the methodology of seizure induction and the characterizations of post-HIE injury consequences. These aspects of HIE-induced seizure models are discussed in the light of the suitability of these models in studying human HIE-induced seizures.
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- Hongyu Sun
- Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
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Jensen FE. Developmental factors in the pathogenesis of neonatal seizures. JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY 2015; 7:5-12. [PMID: 20191097 DOI: 10.3233/jpn-2009-0270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Neonatal seizures are inherently different from seizures in the child and the adult. The phenotype, often exhibiting electroclinical dissociation, is unique: neonatal seizures can be refractory to antiepileptic drugs otherwise effect for older patients. Recent experimental and human-based research reveals that the mechanism of neonatal seizures, as well as their long-term sequelae on later brain development, appears to involve a large number of age-specific factors. These observations help explain the resistance of neonatal seizures to conventional therapy as well as identify potential areas of risk for later neurocognitive development. Emerging targets from this research may suggest new therapies for this unique population of patients.
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- Frances E Jensen
- Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital, and Program in Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Titomanlio L, Fernández-López D, Manganozzi L, Moretti R, Vexler ZS, Gressens P. Pathophysiology and neuroprotection of global and focal perinatal brain injury: lessons from animal models. Pediatr Neurol 2015; 52:566-584. [PMID: 26002050 PMCID: PMC4720385 DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2015.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2014] [Revised: 01/16/2015] [Accepted: 01/24/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Arterial ischemic stroke occurs more frequently in term newborns than in the elderly, and brain immaturity affects mechanisms of ischemic injury and recovery. The susceptibility to injury of the brain was assumed to be lower in the perinatal period as compared with childhood. This concept was recently challenged by clinical studies showing marked motor disabilities after stroke in neonates, with the severity of motor and cortical sensory deficits similar in both perinatal and childhood ischemic stroke. Our understanding of the triggers and the pathophysiological mechanisms of perinatal stroke has greatly improved in recent years, but many factors remain incompletely understood. METHODS In this review, we focus on the pathophysiology of perinatal stroke and on therapeutic strategies that can protect the immature brain from the consequences of stroke by targeting inflammation and brain microenvironment. RESULTS Studies in neonatal rodent models of cerebral ischemia have suggested a potential role for soluble inflammatory molecules as important modulators of injury and recovery. A great effort is underway to investigate neuroprotective molecules based on our increasing understanding of the pathophysiology. CONCLUSION In this review, we provide a comprehensive summary of new insights concerning pathophysiology of focal and global perinatal brain injury and their implications for new therapeutic approaches.
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- Luigi Titomanlio
- Pediatric Emergency Department, APHP, Robert Debré Hospital, Paris, France
- Inserm, U1141, F-75019 Paris, France
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- Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94158-0663, USA
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- Pediatric Emergency Department, APHP, Robert Debré Hospital, Paris, France
- Inserm, U1141, F-75019 Paris, France
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- Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94158-0663, USA
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- Inserm, U1141, F-75019 Paris, France
- Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, UMRS 676, F-75019 Paris, France
- PremUP, Paris, France
- Centre for the Developing Brain, King’s College, St Thomas’ Campus, London SE1 7EH, UK
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Hoppenbrouwers T. Sudden infant death syndrome, sleep, and seizures. J Child Neurol 2015; 30:904-11. [PMID: 25300988 DOI: 10.1177/0883073814549243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2014] [Accepted: 08/02/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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benign febrile seizures seen in 7% of infants before 6 months play a role in the terminal pathway in a subset of sudden infant death syndrome victims. Supporting evidence: (1) lack of 5-hydroxitryptamine, one consistent finding in sudden infant death syndrome that Kinney et al coined a developmental serotonopathy, is consistent with risk for seizures. (2) Non-rapid eye movement sleep increasing during the age of highest risk for sudden infant death syndrome facilitates some seizures (seizure gate). (3) Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy is associated with severe hypoxemia and hypercapnia during postictal generalized electroencephalographic (EEG) suppression. In toddlers, sudden unexplained deaths are associated with hippocampal abnormalities and some seizures. (4) The sudden nature of both deaths warrants an exploration of similarities in the terminal pathway. Moreover, sudden infant death syndrome, febrile seizures, sudden unexplained death in childhood, and sudden unexpected death in epilepsy share some of the following risk factors: prone sleeping, infections, hyperthermia, preterm birth, male gender, maternal smoking, and mutations in genes that regulate sodium channels. State-of-the-art molecular studies can be exploited to test this hypothesis.
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- Toke Hoppenbrouwers
- Division of Neonatal Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Takano T, Matsui K. Increased expression of GAP43 in interneurons in a rat model of experimental polymicrogyria. J Child Neurol 2015; 30:716-28. [PMID: 25061039 DOI: 10.1177/0883073814541476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2014] [Accepted: 06/01/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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To investigate seizure susceptibility in polymicrogyria, the seizure threshold and growth-associated protein GAP43 expression were analyzed in a rat experimental model of polymicrogyria induced by intracerebral injection of ibotenate. A total of 72 neonates from 9 pregnant rats were used. Intraperitoneal pentylenetetrazole injection did not induce any seizure activity in the control rats, although it elicited seizures of variable severity in the polymicrogyria rats. Fluoro-Jade B-positive degenerating interneurons were found in the polymicrogyria brains; however, no such neurons were detected in the control brains. In the polymicrogyria rats, the GAP43 expression was significantly and widely distributed in the brain, and the percentage of parvalbumin-positive interneurons in the GAP43-positive cells was significantly higher than that observed in the nonphosphorylated neurofilament-positive pyramidal cells. We conclude that the relatively selective vulnerability of inhibitory interneurons constitutes the basis for the decreased seizure threshold observed in this model of polymicrogyria.
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- Tomoyuki Takano
- Department of Pediatrics, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta-Tsukinowa, Otsu, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta-Tsukinowa, Otsu, Japan
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Shetty J. Neonatal seizures in hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy--risks and benefits of anticonvulsant therapy. Dev Med Child Neurol 2015; 57 Suppl 3:40-3. [PMID: 25800491 DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.12724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/17/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The risk of seizures is at its highest during the neonatal period, and the most common cause of neonatal seizures is hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE). This enhanced vulnerability is caused by an imbalance in the expression of receptors for excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmission, which is age dependent. There has been progress in detecting the electrophysiological abnormalities associated with seizures using amplitude-integrated electroencephalography (aEEG). Data from animal studies indicate a variety of risk factors for seizures, but there are limited clinical data looking at the long-term neurodevelopmental consequences of seizures alone. Neonatal seizures are also associated with increased risk of further epileptic seizures; however, it is less clear whether or not this results from an underlying pathology, and whether or not seizures confer additional risk. Phenobarbital and phenytoin are still the first-line antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) used to treat neonatal seizures, although they are effective in only one-third of affected infants. Furthermore, based on findings from animal studies, there are concerns regarding the risks associated with using these AEDs. Clinicians face a difficult challenge because, although seizures can be easily identified using aEEG, treatment options are limited, and there are uncertainties regarding treatment outcomes. There is a need to obtain long-term follow-up data, comparing groups of infants treated with or without current therapies. If these analyses indicate a definite benefit of treating neonatal seizures, then novel therapeutic approaches should be developed.
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- Jayakara Shetty
- Department of Paediatric Neurosciences, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, UK
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Propofol-induced electroencephalographic seizures in neonatal rats: the role of corticosteroids and γ-aminobutyric acid type A receptor-mediated excitation. Anesth Analg 2015; 120:433-9. [PMID: 25390279 DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000000529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND An imbalance between excitation and inhibition in the developing central nervous system may result in a pathophysiological outcome. We investigated the mechanistic roles of endocrine activity and γ-aminobutyric acid type A receptor (GABAAR)-mediated excitation in electroencephalographic seizures caused by the GABAAR-selective anesthetic propofol in neonatal rats. METHODS Postnatal day 4-6 Sprague Dawley rats underwent a minor surgical procedure to implant electrodes to measure electroencephalographic activity for 1 hour before and 1 hour after intraperitoneal administration of propofol (40 mg·kg). Various treatments were administered 15 minutes before administration of propofol. RESULTS Episodes of electroencephalographic seizures and persistent low-amplitude spikes occurred during propofol anesthesia. Multifold increases in serum levels of corticosterone (t(10) = -5.062; P = 0.0005) and aldosterone (t(10) = -5.069; P = 0.0005) were detected 1 hour after propofol administration in animals that underwent experimental manipulations identical to those used to study electroencephalographic activity. Pretreatment with bumetanide, the Na-K-2Cl cotransporter inhibitor, which diminishes GABAAR-mediated excitation, eliminated both seizure and spike electroencephalographic activities caused by propofol. Mineralocorticoid and glucocorticoid receptor antagonists, RU 28318 and RU486, depressed electroencephalographic seizures but did not affect the spike electroencephalographic effects of propofol. Etomidate, at a dose sufficient to induce loss of righting reflex, was weak at increasing serum corticosteroid levels and eliciting electroencephalographic seizures. Etomidate given to corticosterone-pretreated rat pups further increased the total duration of electroencephalographic seizures caused by administration of exogenous corticosterone (t(21) = -2.512, P = 0.0203). CONCLUSIONS Propofol increases systemic corticosteroid levels in neonatal rats, which along with GABAAR-mediated excitation appear to be required for propofol-induced neonatal electroencephalographic seizures. Enhancement of GABAAR activity alone may not be sufficient to elicit neonatal electroencephalographic seizures.
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Chung S, Spruston N, Koh S. Age-dependent changes in intrinsic neuronal excitability in subiculum after status epilepticus. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0119411. [PMID: 25775210 PMCID: PMC4361192 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2012] [Accepted: 01/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Kainic acid-induced status epilepticus (KA-SE) in mature rats results in the development of spontaneous recurrent seizures and a pattern of cell death resembling hippocampal sclerosis in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. In contrast, KA-SE in young animals before postnatal day (P) 18 is less likely to cause cell death or epilepsy. To investigate whether changes in neuronal excitability occur in the subiculum after KA-SE, we examined the age-dependent effects of SE on the bursting neurons of subiculum, the major output region of the hippocampus. Patch-clamp recordings were used to monitor bursting in pyramidal neurons in the subiculum of rat hippocampal slices. Neurons were studied either one or 2-3 weeks following injection of KA or saline (control) in immature (P15) or more mature (P30) rats, which differ in their sensitivity to KA as well as the long-term sequelae of the KA-SE. A significantly greater proportion of subicular pyramidal neurons from P15 rats were strong-bursting neurons and showed increased frequency-dependent bursting compared to P30 animals. Frequency-dependent burst firing was enhanced in P30, but not in P15 rats following KA-SE. The enhancement of bursting induced by KA-SE in more mature rats suggests that the frequency-dependent limitation of repetitive burst firing, which normally occurs in the subiculum, is compromised following SE. These changes could facilitate the initiation of spontaneous recurrent seizures or their spread from the hippocampus to other parts of the brain.
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- Sungkwon Chung
- Department of Physiology, Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon, South Korea
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- Scientific Program, Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, Virginia, United States of America
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- Neurobiology Program, Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Subunit composition of neurotransmitter receptors in the immature and in the epileptic brain. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 2014:301950. [PMID: 25295256 PMCID: PMC4180637 DOI: 10.1155/2014/301950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2014] [Revised: 07/24/2014] [Accepted: 08/26/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Neuronal activity is critical for synaptogenesis and the development of neuronal networks. In the immature brain excitation predominates over inhibition facilitating the development of normal brain circuits, but also rendering it more susceptible to seizures. In this paper, we review the evolution of the subunit composition of neurotransmitter receptors during development, how it promotes excitation in the immature brain, and how this subunit composition of neurotransmission receptors may be also present in the epileptic brain. During normal brain development, excitatory glutamate receptors peak in function and gamma-aminobutiric acid (GABA) receptors are mainly excitatory rather than inhibitory. A growing body of evidence from animal models of epilepsy and status epilepticus has demonstrated that the brain exposed to repeated seizures presents a subunit composition of neurotransmitter receptors that mirrors that of the immature brain and promotes further seizures and epileptogenesis. Studies performed in samples from the epileptic human brain have also found a subunit composition pattern of neurotransmitter receptors similar to the one found in the immature brain. These findings provide a solid rationale for tailoring antiepileptic treatments to the specific subunit composition of neurotransmitter receptors and they provide potential targets for the development of antiepileptogenic treatments.
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Morken TS, Brekke E, Håberg A, Widerøe M, Brubakk AM, Sonnewald U. Altered Astrocyte–Neuronal Interactions After Hypoxia-Ischemia in the Neonatal Brain in Female and Male Rats. Stroke 2014; 45:2777-85. [DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.114.005341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- Tora Sund Morken
- From the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children’s and Women’s Health (T.S.M., A.-M.B.), Department of Neuroscience (E.B., A.H., U.S.), and Departments of Circulation and Medical Imaging (M.W.), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway; Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, St Olavs Hospital HF, Trondheim, Norway (T.S.M.); and Department of Medicine, Nordland Hospital Trust, Bodo, Norway (E.B.)
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- From the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children’s and Women’s Health (T.S.M., A.-M.B.), Department of Neuroscience (E.B., A.H., U.S.), and Departments of Circulation and Medical Imaging (M.W.), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway; Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, St Olavs Hospital HF, Trondheim, Norway (T.S.M.); and Department of Medicine, Nordland Hospital Trust, Bodo, Norway (E.B.)
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- From the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children’s and Women’s Health (T.S.M., A.-M.B.), Department of Neuroscience (E.B., A.H., U.S.), and Departments of Circulation and Medical Imaging (M.W.), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway; Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, St Olavs Hospital HF, Trondheim, Norway (T.S.M.); and Department of Medicine, Nordland Hospital Trust, Bodo, Norway (E.B.)
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- From the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children’s and Women’s Health (T.S.M., A.-M.B.), Department of Neuroscience (E.B., A.H., U.S.), and Departments of Circulation and Medical Imaging (M.W.), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway; Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, St Olavs Hospital HF, Trondheim, Norway (T.S.M.); and Department of Medicine, Nordland Hospital Trust, Bodo, Norway (E.B.)
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- From the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children’s and Women’s Health (T.S.M., A.-M.B.), Department of Neuroscience (E.B., A.H., U.S.), and Departments of Circulation and Medical Imaging (M.W.), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway; Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, St Olavs Hospital HF, Trondheim, Norway (T.S.M.); and Department of Medicine, Nordland Hospital Trust, Bodo, Norway (E.B.)
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- From the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children’s and Women’s Health (T.S.M., A.-M.B.), Department of Neuroscience (E.B., A.H., U.S.), and Departments of Circulation and Medical Imaging (M.W.), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway; Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, St Olavs Hospital HF, Trondheim, Norway (T.S.M.); and Department of Medicine, Nordland Hospital Trust, Bodo, Norway (E.B.)
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Mareš P. A1 not A2A adenosine receptors play a role in cortical epileptic afterdischarges in immature rats. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 2014; 121:1329-36. [PMID: 24824175 DOI: 10.1007/s00702-014-1234-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2014] [Accepted: 04/28/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Endo- as well as exogenous adenosine exhibits anticonvulsant action. Participation of individual types of adenosine receptors was studied in present experiments in immature rats. Cortical epileptic afterdischarges were used as a model in rat pups 12, 18 and 25 days old. CCPA, an agonist of A1 adenosine receptors, decreased markedly duration of afterdischarges whereas DPCPX, an antagonist of A1 receptors, exhibited strong proconvulsant action. Action of either drug was best expressed in 12-day-old rats and it decreased with age. Drugs influencing A2A adenosine receptors (agonist CGS21680 and antagonist ZM241385) did not exhibit systematic effects in our model. Motor phenomena accompanying cortical stimulation or epileptic afterdischarge were never influenced by any of the four drugs studied. A1 adenosine receptors are important in the model of cortical seizures, especially in the youngest group studied.
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- Pavel Mareš
- Department of Developmental Epileptology, Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Videnska 1083, 14220, Prague 4, Czech Republic,
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The pentose phosphate pathway and pyruvate carboxylation after neonatal hypoxic-ischemic brain injury. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2014; 34:724-34. [PMID: 24496178 PMCID: PMC3982102 DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2014.8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2013] [Revised: 01/04/2014] [Accepted: 01/06/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The neonatal brain is vulnerable to oxidative stress, and the pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) may be of particular importance to limit the injury. Furthermore, in the neonatal brain, neurons depend on de novo synthesis of neurotransmitters via pyruvate carboxylase (PC) in astrocytes to increase neurotransmitter pools. In the adult brain, PPP activity increases in response to various injuries while pyruvate carboxylation is reduced after ischemia. However, little is known about the response of these pathways after neonatal hypoxia-ischemia (HI). To this end, 7-day-old rats were subjected to unilateral carotid artery ligation followed by hypoxia. Animals were injected with [1,2-(13)C]glucose during the recovery phase and extracts of cerebral hemispheres ipsi- and contralateral to the operation were analyzed using (1)H- and (13)C-NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) spectroscopy and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). After HI, glucose levels were increased and there was evidence of mitochondrial hypometabolism in both hemispheres. Moreover, metabolism via PPP was reduced bilaterally. Ipsilateral glucose metabolism via PC was reduced, but PC activity was relatively preserved compared with glucose metabolism via pyruvate dehydrogenase. The observed reduction in PPP activity after HI may contribute to the increased susceptibility of the neonatal brain to oxidative stress.
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Chen R, Okabe A, Sun H, Sharopov S, Hanganu-Opatz IL, Kolbaev SN, Fukuda A, Luhmann HJ, Kilb W. Activation of glycine receptors modulates spontaneous epileptiform activity in the immature rat hippocampus. J Physiol 2014; 592:2153-68. [PMID: 24665103 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2014.271700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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While the expression of glycine receptors in the immature hippocampus has been shown, no information about the role of glycine receptors in controlling the excitability in the immature CNS is available. Therefore, we examined the effect of glycinergic agonists and antagonists in the CA3 region of an intact corticohippocampal preparation of the immature (postnatal days 4-7) rat using field potential recordings. Bath application of 100 μM taurine or 10 μM glycine enhanced the occurrence of recurrent epileptiform activity induced by 20 μM 4-aminopyridine in low Mg(2+) solution. This proconvulsive effect was prevented by 3 μM strychnine or after incubation with the loop diuretic bumetanide (10 μM), suggesting that it required glycine receptors and an active NKCC1-dependent Cl(-) accumulation. Application of higher doses of taurine (≥ 1 mM) or glycine (100 μM) attenuated recurrent epileptiform discharges. The anticonvulsive effect of taurine was also observed in the presence of the GABAA receptor antagonist gabazine and was attenuated by strychnine, suggesting that it was partially mediated by glycine receptors. Bath application of the glycinergic antagonist strychnine (0.3 μM) induced epileptiform discharges. We conclude from these results that in the immature hippocampus, activation of glycine receptors can mediate both pro- and anticonvulsive effects, but that a persistent activation of glycine receptors is required to suppress epileptiform activity. In summary, our study elucidated the important role of glycine receptors in the control of neuronal excitability in the immature hippocampus.
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- Rongqing Chen
- Institute of Physiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Duesbergweg 6, D-55120, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Duesbergweg 6, D-55120, Mainz, Germany Department of Molecular Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa, 903-0215, Japan
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- Institute of Physiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Duesbergweg 6, D-55120, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Duesbergweg 6, D-55120, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Duesbergweg 6, D-55120, Mainz, Germany University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Developmental Neurophysiology, Falkenried 94, D-20251, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Duesbergweg 6, D-55120, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Neurophysiology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, 431-3192, Japan
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- Institute of Physiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Duesbergweg 6, D-55120, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Duesbergweg 6, D-55120, Mainz, Germany
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Seizures occur in approximately 1 to 5 per 1000 live births and are among the most common neurologic conditions managed by a neonatal neurocritical care service. There are several, age-specific factors that are particular to the developing brain, which influence excitability and seizure generation, response to medications, and impact of seizures on brain structure and function. Neonatal seizures are often associated with serious underlying brain injury such as hypoxia-ischemia, stroke, or hemorrhage. Conventional, prolonged, continuous video electroencephalogram is the gold standard for detecting seizures, whereas amplitude-integrated EEG is a convenient and useful bedside tool.
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- Hannah C. Glass
- Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics University of California, San Francisco, United States of America
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Risk factors and scoring system as a prognostic tool for epilepsy after neonatal seizures. Pediatr Neurol 2014; 50:77-84. [PMID: 24138951 DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2013.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2013] [Revised: 07/20/2013] [Accepted: 08/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Neonatal seizures may cause irreversible changes to the immature brain and. A scoring system for early prognostic information could be a useful clinical tool. The aim of the study was to analyze risk factors for epilepsy after neonatal seizures, to validate Garfinkle's scoring system, and to analyze whether a new scoring system is feasible. METHODS A retrospective study of 176 newborns (59.1% boys, 40.9% girls, 70.5% term, 29.5% preterm; mean birth weight 2820 g), admitted to the Department of Neonatology, Division of Pediatrics, University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, because of neonatal seizures (clinical and/or neurophysiological), was performed. Epilepsy rate between 2 and 12 years of follow-up was 18.1%. Five independent predictors from Garfinkle's study and other known predictors were entered into hierarchical binary logistic regression models and analyzed through four steps to identify independent predictors of epilepsy. We tested whether any of the predictors was an effect modifier. RESULTS Of five potential predictors from Garfinkle's score, electroencephalograph background findings and etiology were predictive. Etiologies, gestation, mode of delivery, duration of seizures, and other risk factors at birth were found to be independent predictors. Duration of seizures has a different effect on prognosis depending on the gestational age. CONCLUSION Gestational age determines the association between duration of seizures and epilepsy. Scoring systems to predict development of epilepsy after neonatal seizures need to limit interaction between important predictor variables.
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Kandratavicius L, Balista PA, Lopes-Aguiar C, Ruggiero RN, Umeoka EH, Garcia-Cairasco N, Bueno-Junior LS, Leite JP. Animal models of epilepsy: use and limitations. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat 2014; 10:1693-705. [PMID: 25228809 PMCID: PMC4164293 DOI: 10.2147/ndt.s50371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 293] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Epilepsy is a chronic neurological condition characterized by recurrent seizures that affects millions of people worldwide. Comprehension of the complex mechanisms underlying epileptogenesis and seizure generation in temporal lobe epilepsy and other forms of epilepsy cannot be fully acquired in clinical studies with humans. As a result, the use of appropriate animal models is essential. Some of these models replicate the natural history of symptomatic focal epilepsy with an initial epileptogenic insult, which is followed by an apparent latent period and by a subsequent period of chronic spontaneous seizures. Seizures are a combination of electrical and behavioral events that are able to induce chemical, molecular, and anatomic alterations. In this review, we summarize the most frequently used models of chronic epilepsy and models of acute seizures induced by chemoconvulsants, traumatic brain injury, and electrical or sound stimuli. Genetic models of absence seizures and models of seizures and status epilepticus in the immature brain were also examined. Major uses and limitations were highlighted, and neuropathological, behavioral, and neurophysiological similarities and differences between the model and the human equivalent were considered. The quest for seizure mechanisms can provide insights into overall brain functions and consciousness, and animal models of epilepsy will continue to promote the progress of both epilepsy and neurophysiology research.
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- Ludmyla Kandratavicius
- Department of Neurosciences and Behavior, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Neurosciences and Behavior, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Neurosciences and Behavior, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Neurosciences and Behavior, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology, Ribeirao Preto School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology, Ribeirao Preto School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Neurosciences and Behavior, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
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