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Miralles RM, Boscia AR, Kittur S, Vundela SR, Wengert ER, Patel MK. Parvalbumin Interneuron Impairment Leads to Synaptic Transmission Deficits and Seizures in SCN8A Epileptic Encephalopathy. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.02.09.579511. [PMID: 38464208 PMCID: PMC10925130 DOI: 10.1101/2024.02.09.579511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/12/2024]
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SCN8A epileptic encephalopathy (EE) is a severe epilepsy syndrome resulting from de novo mutations in the voltage-gated sodium channel Na v 1.6, encoded by the gene SCN8A . Na v 1.6 is expressed in both excitatory and inhibitory neurons, yet previous studies have primarily focused on the impact SCN8A mutations have on excitatory neuron function, with limited studies on the importance of inhibitory interneurons to seizure onset and progression. Inhibitory interneurons are critical in balancing network excitability and are known to contribute to the pathophysiology of other epilepsies. Parvalbumin (PV) interneurons are the most prominent inhibitory neuron subtype in the brain, making up about 40% of inhibitory interneurons. Notably, PV interneurons express high levels of Na v 1.6. To assess the role of PV interneurons within SCN8A EE, we used two mouse models harboring patient-derived SCN8A gain-of-function mutations, Scn8a D/+ , where the SCN8A mutation N1768D is expressed globally, and Scn8a W/+ -PV, where the SCN8A mutation R1872W is selectively expressed in PV interneurons. Expression of the R1872W SCN8A mutation selectively in PV interneurons led to the development of spontaneous seizures in Scn8a W/+ -PV mice and seizure-induced death, decreasing survival compared to wild-type. Electrophysiology studies showed that PV interneurons in Scn8a D/+ and Scn8a W/+ -PV mice were susceptible to depolarization block, a state of action potential failure. Scn8a D/+ and Scn8a W/+ -PV interneurons also exhibited increased persistent sodium current, a hallmark of SCN8A gain-of-function mutations that contributes to depolarization block. Evaluation of synaptic connections between PV interneurons and pyramidal cells showed an increase in synaptic transmission failure at high frequencies (80-120Hz) as well as an increase in synaptic latency in Scn8a D/+ and Scn8a W/+ -PV interneurons. These data indicate a distinct impairment of synaptic transmission in SCN8A EE, potentially decreasing overall cortical network inhibition. Together, our novel findings indicate that failure of PV interneuron spiking via depolarization block along with frequency-dependent inhibitory synaptic impairment likely elicits an overall reduction in the inhibitory drive in SCN8A EE, leading to unchecked excitation and ultimately resulting in seizures and seizure-induced death.
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Leontiadis LJ, Trompoukis G, Felemegkas P, Tsotsokou G, Miliou A, Papatheodoropoulos C. Increased Inhibition May Contribute to Maintaining Normal Network Function in the Ventral Hippocampus of a Fmr1-Targeted Transgenic Rat Model of Fragile X Syndrome. Brain Sci 2023; 13:1598. [PMID: 38002556 PMCID: PMC10669536 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci13111598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2023] [Revised: 11/10/2023] [Accepted: 11/13/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
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A common neurobiological mechanism in several neurodevelopmental disorders, including fragile X syndrome (FXS), is alterations in the balance between excitation and inhibition in the brain. It is thought that in the hippocampus, as in other brain regions, FXS is associated with increased excitability and reduced inhibition. However, it is still not known whether these changes apply to both the dorsal and ventral hippocampus, which appear to be differently involved in neurodegenerative disorders. Using a Fmr1 knock-out (KO) rat model of FXS, we found increased neuronal excitability in both the dorsal and ventral KO hippocampus and increased excitatory synaptic transmission in the dorsal hippocampus. Interestingly, synaptic inhibition is significantly increased in the ventral but not the dorsal KO hippocampus. Furthermore, the ventral KO hippocampus displays increased expression of the α1GABAA receptor subtype and a remarkably reduced rate of epileptiform discharges induced by magnesium-free medium. In contrast, the dorsal KO hippocampus displays an increased rate of epileptiform discharges and similar expression of α1GABAA receptors compared with the dorsal WT hippocampus. Blockade of α5GABAA receptors by L-655,708 did not affect epileptiform discharges in any genotype or hippocampal segment, and the expression of α5GABAA receptors did not differ between WT and KO hippocampus. These results suggest that the increased excitability of the dorsal KO hippocampus contributes to its heightened tendency to epileptiform discharges, while the increased phasic inhibition in the Fmr1-KO ventral hippocampus may represent a homeostatic mechanism that compensates for the increased excitability reducing its vulnerability to epileptic activity.
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- Laboratory of Neurophysiology, Department of Medicine, University of Patras, 26504 Rion, Greece; (L.J.L.); (G.T. (George Trompoukis)); (P.F.); (G.T. (Giota Tsotsokou)); (A.M.)
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Park KT, Oh M, Joo Y, Han JK. Effects of gamma aminobutyric acid on performance, blood cell of broiler subjected to multi-stress environments. Anim Biosci 2023; 36:248-255. [PMID: 36108701 PMCID: PMC9834722 DOI: 10.5713/ab.22.0031] [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: 01/19/2022] [Accepted: 07/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Stress factors such as high temperatures, overcrowding, and diurnal temperature range exert profound negative effects on weight gain and productivity of broiler chickens. The potential of gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA) as an excitatory neurotransmitter was evaluated under various stress conditions in this study. METHODS The experiment was conducted under four different environmental conditions: normal, high temperature, overcrowded, and in an overcrowded-diurnal temperature range. The experimental groups were divided into (-) control group without stress, (+) control group with stress, and G50 group (GABA 50 mg/kg) with stress. Weight gain, feed intake, and feed conversion ratio were measured, and stress reduction was evaluated through hematologic analysis. RESULTS The effects of GABA on broilers in four experimental treatments were evaluated. GABA treated responded to environmental stress and improved productivity in all the experimental treatments. The magnitude of stress observed was highest at high temperature, followed by the overcrowded environment, and was least for the overcrowded-diurnal temperature range. CONCLUSION Various stress factors in livestock rearing environment can reduce productivity and increase disease incidence and mortality rate. To address these challenges, GABA, an inhibitory neurotransmitter, was shown to reduce stress caused due to various environmental conditions and improve productivity.
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- Keun-tae Park
- Research and Development Center, Milae Bioresources Co., Ltd., Seoul 05836,
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- Research and Development Center, Milae Bioresources Co., Ltd., Seoul 05836,
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- Research and Development Center, Milae Bioresources Co., Ltd., Seoul 05836,
Korea
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- Research and Development Center, Milae Bioresources Co., Ltd., Seoul 05836,
Korea,Corresponding Author: Jong-Kwon Han, Tel: +82-2-2203-7397, Fax: +82-2-2203-7398, E-mail:
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Ye H, Hendee J, Ruan J, Zhirova A, Ye J, Dima M. Neuron matters: neuromodulation with electromagnetic stimulation must consider neurons as dynamic identities. J Neuroeng Rehabil 2022; 19:116. [PMID: 36329492 PMCID: PMC9632094 DOI: 10.1186/s12984-022-01094-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2022] [Accepted: 10/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Neuromodulation with electromagnetic stimulation is widely used for the control of abnormal neural activity, and has been proven to be a valuable alternative to pharmacological tools for the treatment of many neurological diseases. Tremendous efforts have been focused on the design of the stimulation apparatus (i.e., electrodes and magnetic coils) that delivers the electric current to the neural tissue, and the optimization of the stimulation parameters. Less attention has been given to the complicated, dynamic properties of the neurons, and their context-dependent impact on the stimulation effects. This review focuses on the neuronal factors that influence the outcomes of electromagnetic stimulation in neuromodulation. Evidence from multiple levels (tissue, cellular, and single ion channel) are reviewed. Properties of the neural elements and their dynamic changes play a significant role in the outcome of electromagnetic stimulation. This angle of understanding yields a comprehensive perspective of neural activity during electrical neuromodulation, and provides insights in the design and development of novel stimulation technology.
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- Hui Ye
- grid.164971.c0000 0001 1089 6558Department of Biology, Quinlan Life Sciences Education and Research Center, Loyola University Chicago, 1032 W. Sheridan Rd., Chicago, IL 60660 USA
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- grid.164971.c0000 0001 1089 6558Department of Biology, Quinlan Life Sciences Education and Research Center, Loyola University Chicago, 1032 W. Sheridan Rd., Chicago, IL 60660 USA
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- grid.164971.c0000 0001 1089 6558Department of Biology, Quinlan Life Sciences Education and Research Center, Loyola University Chicago, 1032 W. Sheridan Rd., Chicago, IL 60660 USA
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- grid.164971.c0000 0001 1089 6558Department of Biology, Quinlan Life Sciences Education and Research Center, Loyola University Chicago, 1032 W. Sheridan Rd., Chicago, IL 60660 USA
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- grid.164971.c0000 0001 1089 6558Department of Biology, Quinlan Life Sciences Education and Research Center, Loyola University Chicago, 1032 W. Sheridan Rd., Chicago, IL 60660 USA
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- grid.164971.c0000 0001 1089 6558Department of Biology, Quinlan Life Sciences Education and Research Center, Loyola University Chicago, 1032 W. Sheridan Rd., Chicago, IL 60660 USA
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Sahin B, Ozdemir E, Gumus E, Ergul M, Taskiran AS. The 5-HT7 receptor antagonist SB-269970 alleviates seizure activity and downregulates hippocampal c-Fos expression in pentylenetetrazole-induced kindled rats. Neurol Res 2022; 44:786-796. [DOI: 10.1080/01616412.2022.2064700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Bilal Sahin
- Departments of Physiology, Sivas Cumhuriyet University, School of Medicine, Sivas, Turkey
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- Departments of Physiology, Sivas Cumhuriyet University, School of Medicine, Sivas, Turkey
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- Departments of Histology and Embryology, Aydın Adnan Menderes University, School of Medicine, Aydın, Turkey
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- Departments of Biochemistry, Sivas Cumhuriyet University, School of Pharmacy, Sivas, Turkey
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- Departments of Physiology, Sivas Cumhuriyet University, School of Medicine, Sivas, Turkey
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Zhao X, Liang L, Xu R, Cheng P, Jia P, Bai Y, Zhang Y, Zhao X, Zheng X, Xiao C. Revealing the Antiepileptic Effect of α-Asaronol on Pentylenetetrazole-Induced Seizure Rats Using NMR-Based Metabolomics. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:6322-6334. [PMID: 35224394 PMCID: PMC8867478 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c06922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2021] [Accepted: 01/28/2022] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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α-Asaronol from Acorus tatarinowii (known as "Shichangpu" in Traditional Chinese medicine) has been proved to possess more efficient antiepileptic activity and lower toxicity than α-asarone (namely "Xixinnaojiaonang" as an antiepileptic drug in China) in our previous study. However, the molecular mechanism of α-asaronol against epilepsy needs to be known if to become a novel antiepileptic medicine. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)-based metabolomics was applied to investigate the metabolic patterns of plasma and the brain tissue extract from pentylenetetrazole (PTZ)-induced seizure rats when treated with α-asaronol or α-asarone. The results showed that α-asaronol can regulate the metabolomic level of epileptic rats to normal to some extent, and four metabolic pathways were associated with the antiepileptic effect of α-asaronol, including alanine, aspartate, and glutamate metabolism; synthesis and degradation of ketone bodies; glutamine and glutamate metabolism; and glycine, serine, and threonine metabolism. It was concluded that α-asaronol plays a vital role in enhancing energy metabolism, regulating the balance of excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitters, and inhibiting cell membrane damage to prevent the occurrence of epilepsy. These findings are of great significance in developing α-asaronol into a promising antiepileptic drug derived from Traditional Chinese medicine.
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Pandanaboina SC, RanguMagar AB, Sharma KD, Chhetri BP, Parnell CM, Xie JY, Srivatsan M, Ghosh A. Functionalized Nanocellulose Drives Neural Stem Cells toward Neuronal Differentiation. J Funct Biomater 2021; 12:64. [PMID: 34842752 PMCID: PMC8628960 DOI: 10.3390/jfb12040064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2021] [Revised: 11/10/2021] [Accepted: 11/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Transplantation of differentiated and fully functional neurons may be a better therapeutic option for the cure of neurodegenerative disorders and brain injuries than direct grafting of neural stem cells (NSCs) that are potentially tumorigenic. However, the differentiation of NSCs into a large population of neurons has been a challenge. Nanomaterials have been widely used as substrates to manipulate cell behavior due to their nano-size, excellent physicochemical properties, ease of synthesis, and versatility in surface functionalization. Nanomaterial-based scaffolds and synthetic polymers have been fabricated with topology resembling the micro-environment of the extracellular matrix. Nanocellulose materials are gaining attention because of their availability, biocompatibility, biodegradability and bioactivity, and affordable cost. We evaluated the role of nanocellulose with different linkage and surface features in promoting neuronal differentiation. Nanocellulose coupled with lysine molecules (CNC-Lys) provided positive charges that helped the cells to attach. Embryonic rat NSCs were differentiated on the CNC-Lys surface for up to three weeks. By the end of the three weeks of in vitro culture, 87% of the cells had attached to the CNC-Lys surface and more than half of the NSCs had differentiated into functional neurons, expressing endogenous glutamate, generating electrical activity and action potentials recorded by the multi-electrode array.
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- Sahitya Chetan Pandanaboina
- Department of Biological Sciences and Arkansas Biosciences Institute, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR 72401, USA; (S.C.P.); (K.D.S.)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR 72204, USA; (A.B.R.); (B.P.C.); (C.M.P.)
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Arkansas Biosciences Institute, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR 72401, USA; (S.C.P.); (K.D.S.)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR 72204, USA; (A.B.R.); (B.P.C.); (C.M.P.)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR 72204, USA; (A.B.R.); (B.P.C.); (C.M.P.)
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- Department of Basic Sciences, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR 72401, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Arkansas Biosciences Institute, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR 72401, USA; (S.C.P.); (K.D.S.)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR 72204, USA; (A.B.R.); (B.P.C.); (C.M.P.)
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Somatostatin-Positive Interneurons Contribute to Seizures in SCN8A Epileptic Encephalopathy. J Neurosci 2021; 41:9257-9273. [PMID: 34544834 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0718-21.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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SCN8A epileptic encephalopathy is a devastating epilepsy syndrome caused by mutant SCN8A, which encodes the voltage-gated sodium channel NaV1.6. To date, it is unclear if and how inhibitory interneurons, which express NaV1.6, influence disease pathology. Using both sexes of a transgenic mouse model of SCN8A epileptic encephalopathy, we found that selective expression of the R1872W SCN8A mutation in somatostatin (SST) interneurons was sufficient to convey susceptibility to audiogenic seizures. Patch-clamp electrophysiology experiments revealed that SST interneurons from mutant mice were hyperexcitable but hypersensitive to action potential failure via depolarization block under normal and seizure-like conditions. Remarkably, GqDREADD-mediated activation of WT SST interneurons resulted in prolonged electrographic seizures and was accompanied by SST hyperexcitability and depolarization block. Aberrantly large persistent sodium currents, a hallmark of SCN8A mutations, were observed and were found to contribute directly to aberrant SST physiology in computational modeling and pharmacological experiments. These novel findings demonstrate a critical and previously unidentified contribution of SST interneurons to seizure generation not only in SCN8A epileptic encephalopathy, but epilepsy in general.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT SCN8A epileptic encephalopathy is a devastating neurological disorder that results from de novo mutations in the sodium channel isoform Nav1.6. Inhibitory neurons express NaV1.6, yet their contribution to seizure generation in SCN8A epileptic encephalopathy has not been determined. We show that mice expressing a human-derived SCN8A variant (R1872W) selectively in somatostatin (SST) interneurons have audiogenic seizures. Physiological recordings from SST interneurons show that SCN8A mutations lead to an elevated persistent sodium current which drives initial hyperexcitability, followed by premature action potential failure because of depolarization block. Furthermore, chemogenetic activation of WT SST interneurons leads to audiogenic seizure activity. These findings provide new insight into the importance of SST inhibitory interneurons in seizure initiation, not only in SCN8A epileptic encephalopathy, but for epilepsy broadly.
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Dudok B, Klein PM, Soltesz I. Toward Understanding the Diverse Roles of Perisomatic Interneurons in Epilepsy. Epilepsy Curr 2021; 22:54-60. [PMID: 35233202 PMCID: PMC8832350 DOI: 10.1177/15357597211053687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Epileptic seizures are associated with excessive neuronal spiking. Perisomatic
γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA)ergic interneurons specifically innervate the subcellular
domains of postsynaptic excitatory cells that are critical for spike generation. With a
revolution in transcriptomics-based cell taxonomy driving the development of novel
transgenic mouse lines, selectively monitoring and modulating previously elusive
interneuron types is becoming increasingly feasible. Emerging evidence suggests that the
three types of hippocampal perisomatic interneurons, axo-axonic cells, along with
parvalbumin- and cholecystokinin-expressing basket cells, each follow unique activity
patterns in vivo, suggesting distinctive roles in regulating epileptic networks.
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- Barna Dudok
- Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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Interneuron Desynchronization Precedes Seizures in a Mouse Model of Dravet Syndrome. J Neurosci 2020; 40:2764-2775. [PMID: 32102923 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2370-19.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2019] [Revised: 12/27/2019] [Accepted: 02/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Recurrent seizures, which define epilepsy, are transient abnormalities in the electrical activity of the brain. The mechanistic basis of seizure initiation, and the contribution of defined neuronal subtypes to seizure pathophysiology, remains poorly understood. We performed in vivo two-photon calcium imaging in neocortex during temperature-induced seizures in male and female Dravet syndrome (Scn1a+/-) mice, a neurodevelopmental disorder with prominent temperature-sensitive epilepsy. Mean activity of both putative principal cells and parvalbumin-positive interneurons (PV-INs) was higher in Scn1a+/- relative to wild-type controls during quiet wakefulness at baseline and at elevated core body temperature. However, wild-type PV-INs showed a progressive synchronization in response to temperature elevation that was absent in PV-INs from Scn1a+/- mice. Hence, PV-IN activity remains intact interictally in Scn1a+/- mice, yet exhibits decreased synchrony immediately before seizure onset. We suggest that impaired PV-IN synchronization may contribute to the transition to the ictal state during temperature-induced seizures in Dravet syndrome.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder defined by recurrent, unprovoked seizures. However, basic mechanisms of seizure initiation and propagation remain poorly understood. We performed in vivo two-photon calcium imaging in an experimental model of Dravet syndrome (Scn1a+/- mice)-a severe neurodevelopmental disorder defined by temperature-sensitive, treatment-resistant epilepsy-and record activity of putative excitatory neurons and parvalbumin-positive GABAergic neocortical interneurons (PV-INs) during naturalistic seizures induced by increased core body temperature. PV-IN activity was higher in Scn1a+/- relative to wild-type controls during quiet wakefulness. However, wild-type PV-INs showed progressive synchronization in response to temperature elevation that was absent in PV-INs from Scn1a+/- mice before seizure onset. Hence, impaired PV-IN synchronization may contribute to transition to seizure in Dravet syndrome.
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Functional Nutrients for Epilepsy. Nutrients 2019; 11:nu11061309. [PMID: 31185666 PMCID: PMC6628163 DOI: 10.3390/nu11061309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2019] [Revised: 06/05/2019] [Accepted: 06/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder of which seizures are a core symptom. Approximately one third of epileptic patients are resistant to antiepileptic drugs and therefore require alternative therapeutic options. Dietary and nutritional supplements can in some cases replace drugs, but with the exception of ketogenic diets, there are no officially recommended dietary considerations for patients with epilepsy. In this review we summarize a selection of nutritional suggestions that have proved beneficial in treating different types of epilepsy. We describe the types of seizures and epilepsy and follow this with an introduction to basic molecular mechanisms. We then examine several functional nutrients for which there is clinical evidence of therapeutic efficacy in reducing seizures or epilepsy-associated sudden death. We also discuss experimental results that demonstrate possible molecular mechanisms elicited by the administration of various nutrients. The availability of multiple dietary and nutritional candidates that show favorable outcomes in animals implies that assessing the clinical potential of these substances will improve translational medicine, ultimately benefitting epilepsy patients.
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Interactions between Membrane Resistance, GABA-A Receptor Properties, Bicarbonate Dynamics and Cl --Transport Shape Activity-Dependent Changes of Intracellular Cl - Concentration. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20061416. [PMID: 30897846 PMCID: PMC6471822 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20061416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2019] [Revised: 03/15/2019] [Accepted: 03/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The effects of ionotropic γ-aminobutyric acid receptor (GABA-A, GABAA) activation depends critically on the Cl−-gradient across neuronal membranes. Previous studies demonstrated that the intracellular Cl−-concentration ([Cl−]i) is not stable but shows a considerable amount of activity-dependent plasticity. To characterize how membrane properties and different molecules that are directly or indirectly involved in GABAergic synaptic transmission affect GABA-induced [Cl−]i changes, we performed compartmental modeling in the NEURON environment. These simulations demonstrate that GABA-induced [Cl−]i changes decrease at higher membrane resistance, revealing a sigmoidal dependency between both parameters. Increase in GABAergic conductivity enhances [Cl−]i with a logarithmic dependency, while increasing the decay time of GABAA receptors leads to a nearly linear enhancement of the [Cl−]i changes. Implementing physiological levels of HCO3−-conductivity to GABAA receptors enhances the [Cl−]i changes over a wide range of [Cl−]i, but this effect depends on the stability of the HCO3− gradient and the intracellular pH. Finally, these simulations show that pure diffusional Cl−-elimination from dendrites is slow and that a high activity of Cl−-transport is required to improve the spatiotemporal restriction of GABA-induced [Cl−]i changes. In summary, these simulations revealed a complex interplay between several key factors that influence GABA-induced [Cl]i changes. The results suggest that some of these factors, including high resting [Cl−]i, high input resistance, slow decay time of GABAA receptors and dynamic HCO3− gradient, are specifically adapted in early postnatal neurons to facilitate limited activity-dependent [Cl−]i decreases.
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Parrish RR, Codadu NK, Mackenzie-Gray Scott C, Trevelyan AJ. Feedforward inhibition ahead of ictal wavefronts is provided by both parvalbumin- and somatostatin-expressing interneurons. J Physiol 2019; 597:2297-2314. [PMID: 30784081 PMCID: PMC6462485 DOI: 10.1113/jp277749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2019] [Accepted: 02/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Key points There is a rapid interneuronal response to focal activity in cortex, which restrains laterally propagating activity, including spreading epileptiform activity. The interneuronal response involves intense activation of both parvalbumin‐ and somatostatin‐expressing interneurons. Interneuronal bursting is time‐locked to glutamatergic barrages in the pre‐ictal period. Ca2+ imaging using conditional expression of GCaMP6f provides an accurate readout of the evolving firing patterns in both types of interneuron. The activation profiles of the two interneuronal classes are temporally offset, with the parvalbumin population being activated first, and typically, at higher rates.
Abstract Previous work has described powerful restraints on laterally spreading activity in cortical networks, arising from a rapid feedforward interneuronal response to focal activity. This response is particularly prominent ahead of an ictal wavefront. Parvalbumin‐positive interneurons are considered to be critically involved in this feedforward inhibition, but it is not known what role, if any, is provided by somatostatin‐expressing interneurons, which target the distal dendrites of pyramidal cells. We used a combination of electrophysiology and cell class‐specific Ca2+ imaging in mouse brain slices bathed in 0 Mg2+ medium to characterize the activity profiles of pyramidal cells and parvalbumin‐ and somatostatin‐expressing interneurons during epileptiform activation. The GCaMP6f signal strongly correlates with the level of activity for both interneuronal classes. Both interneuronal classes participate in the feedfoward inhibition. This contrasts starkly with the pattern of pyramidal recruitment, which is greatly delayed. During these barrages, both sets of interneurons show intense bursting, at rates up to 300Hz, which is time‐locked to the glutamatergic barrages. The activity of parvalbumin‐expressing interneurons appears to peak early in the pre‐ictal period, and can display depolarizing block during the ictal event. In contrast, somatostatin‐expressing interneuronal activity peaks significantly later, and firing persists throughout the ictal events. Interictal events appear to be very similar to the pre‐ictal period, albeit with slightly lower firing rates. Thus, the inhibitory restraint arises from a coordinated pattern of activity in the two main classes of cortical interneurons. There is a rapid interneuronal response to focal activity in cortex, which restrains laterally propagating activity, including spreading epileptiform activity. The interneuronal response involves intense activation of both parvalbumin‐ and somatostatin‐expressing interneurons. Interneuronal bursting is time‐locked to glutamatergic barrages in the pre‐ictal period. Ca2+ imaging using conditional expression of GCaMP6f provides an accurate readout of the evolving firing patterns in both types of interneuron. The activation profiles of the two interneuronal classes are temporally offset, with the parvalbumin population being activated first, and typically, at higher rates.
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- R Ryley Parrish
- Institute of Neuroscience, Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK
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Codadu NK, Parrish RR, Trevelyan AJ. Region-specific differences and areal interactions underlying transitions in epileptiform activity. J Physiol 2019; 597:2079-2096. [PMID: 30681139 PMCID: PMC6441889 DOI: 10.1113/jp277267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2018] [Accepted: 01/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Key points Local neocortical and hippocampal territories show different and sterotypical patterns of acutely evolving, epileptiform activity. Neocortical and entorhinal networks show tonic–clonic‐like events, but the main hippocampal territories do not, unless it is relayed from the other areas. Transitions in the pattern of locally recorded epileptiform activity can be indicative of a shift in the source of pathological activity, and may spread through both synaptic and non‐synaptic means. Hippocampal epileptiform activity is promoted by 4‐aminopyridine and inhibited by GABAB receptor agonists, and appears far more sensitive to these drugs than neocortical activity. These signature features of local epileptiform activity can provide useful insight into the primary source of ictal activity, aiding both experimental and clinical investigation.
Abstract Understanding the nature of epileptic state transitions remains a major goal for epilepsy research. Simple in vitro models offer unique experimental opportunities that we exploit to show that such transitions can arise from shifts in the ictal source of the activity. These transitions reflect the fact that cortical territories differ both in the type of epileptiform activity they can sustain and in their susceptibility to drug manipulation. In the zero‐Mg2+ model, the earliest epileptiform activity is restricted to neocortical and entorhinal networks. Hippocampal bursting only starts much later, and triggers a marked transition in neo‐/entorhinal cortical activity. Thereafter, the hippocampal activity acts as a pacemaker, entraining the other territories to their discharge pattern. This entrainment persists following transection of the major axonal pathways between hippocampus and cortex, indicating that it can be mediated through a non‐synaptic route. Neuronal discharges are associated with large rises in extracellular [K+], but we show that these are very localized, and therefore are not the means of entraining distant cortical areas. We conclude instead that the entrainment occurs through weak field effects distant from the pacemaker, but which are highly effective at recruiting other brain territories that are already hyperexcitable. The hippocampal epileptiform activity appears unusually susceptible to drugs that impact on K+ conductances. These findings demonstrate that the local circuitry gives rise to stereotypical epileptic activity patterns, but these are also influenced by both synaptic and non‐synaptic long‐range effects. Our results have important implications for our understanding of epileptic propagation and anti‐epileptic drug action. Local neocortical and hippocampal territories show different and sterotypical patterns of acutely evolving, epileptiform activity. Neocortical and entorhinal networks show tonic–clonic‐like events, but the main hippocampal territories do not, unless it is relayed from the other areas. Transitions in the pattern of locally recorded epileptiform activity can be indicative of a shift in the source of pathological activity, and may spread through both synaptic and non‐synaptic means. Hippocampal epileptiform activity is promoted by 4‐aminopyridine and inhibited by GABAB receptor agonists, and appears far more sensitive to these drugs than neocortical activity. These signature features of local epileptiform activity can provide useful insight into the primary source of ictal activity, aiding both experimental and clinical investigation.
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- Neela K Codadu
- Institute of Neuroscience, Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK.,Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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Olmi S, Petkoski S, Guye M, Bartolomei F, Jirsa V. Controlling seizure propagation in large-scale brain networks. PLoS Comput Biol 2019; 15:e1006805. [PMID: 30802239 PMCID: PMC6405161 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2018] [Revised: 03/07/2019] [Accepted: 01/18/2019] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Information transmission in the human brain is a fundamentally dynamic network process. In partial epilepsy, this process is perturbed and highly synchronous seizures originate in a local network, the so-called epileptogenic zone (EZ), before recruiting other close or distant brain regions. We studied patient-specific brain network models of 15 drug-resistant epilepsy patients with implanted stereotactic electroencephalography (SEEG) electrodes. Each personalized brain model was derived from structural data of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and diffusion tensor weighted imaging (DTI), comprising 88 nodes equipped with region specific neural mass models capable of demonstrating a range of epileptiform discharges. Each patient's virtual brain was further personalized through the integration of the clinically hypothesized EZ. Subsequent simulations and connectivity modulations were performed and uncovered a finite repertoire of seizure propagation patterns. Across patients, we found that (i) patient-specific network connectivity is predictive for the subsequent seizure propagation pattern; (ii) seizure propagation is characterized by a systematic sequence of brain states; (iii) propagation can be controlled by an optimal intervention on the connectivity matrix; (iv) the degree of invasiveness can be significantly reduced via the proposed seizure control as compared to traditional resective surgery. To stop seizures, neurosurgeons typically resect the EZ completely. We showed that stability analysis of the network dynamics, employing structural and dynamical information, estimates reliably the spatiotemporal properties of seizure propagation. This suggests novel less invasive paradigms of surgical interventions to treat and manage partial epilepsy.
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- Simona Olmi
- Inria Sophia Antipolis Méditerranée Research Centre, MathNeuro Team, 2004 route des Lucioles-Boîte Postale 93 06902 Sophia Antipolis, Cedex, France
- CNR - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Aix Marseille Université, Inserm, Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes, UMR_S 1106, 13005, Marseille, France
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- Faculté de Médecine de la Timone, centre de Résonance Magnétique et Biologique et Médicale (CRMBM, UMR CNRS-AMU 7339), Medical School of Marseille, Aix-Marseille Université, 13005, Marseille, France
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille, Hôpital de la Timone, Pôle d’Imagerie, CHU, 13005, Marseille, France
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- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille, Hôpital de la Timone, Service de Neurophysiologie Clinique, CHU, 13005 Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université, Inserm, Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes, UMR_S 1106, 13005, Marseille, France
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Qiu C, Feng Z, Zheng L, Huang L. Frequency-Dependent Inhibition Induced by Stimulations in Rat Hippocampus. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2018; 2018:2182-2185. [PMID: 30440837 DOI: 10.1109/embc.2018.8512613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has a good prospect in treating brain diseases such as epilepsy. However, its therapeutic mechanism is undetermined yet. To investigate the inhibitory effects of DBS acting on the downstream neurons in target region, 1-min pulse trains of orthodromic stimulations with various frequencies (10 - 100 Hz) were applied to the Schaffer collaterals of hippocampal CA1 region in anaesthetized rats. Unit spikes of downstream interneurons and pyramidal cells were detected and analyzed. Interneurons activated by the stimulation through mono-synaptic connections were recognized based on short latencies. Their firing was used as an index of stimulation-induced inhibition. Results showed that during stimulations with pulse frequency of 20 Hz, the mean firing rate of mono-synaptically-activated interneurons was significantly higher than the value during 10 Hz stimulations. Afterward, even if the pulse frequency increased to 100 Hz, the mean firing rate of the interneurons did not change significantly. However, only during stimulations with lower frequencies (10, 20 Hz), the firing of pyramidal cells was suppressed by the stimulation-activated interneurons. The inhibitory effects of interneurons were weakened during stimulations with higher frequencies (50 and 100 Hz). De-synchronous firing of interneurons induced by high-frequency stimulation might cause the loss of effective inhibition on the principal neurons. These findings provide new information for advancing the application of DBS.
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Luna-Munguia H, Zestos AG, Gliske SV, Kennedy RT, Stacey WC. Chemical biomarkers of epileptogenesis and ictogenesis in experimental epilepsy. Neurobiol Dis 2018; 121:177-186. [PMID: 30304705 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2018.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2018] [Revised: 10/01/2018] [Accepted: 10/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Epilepsy produces chronic chemical changes induced by altered cellular structures, and acute ones produced by conditions leading into individual seizures. Here, we aim to quantify 24 molecules simultaneously at baseline and during periods of lowered seizure threshold in rats. Using serial hippocampal microdialysis collections starting two weeks after the pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus, we evaluated how this chronic epilepsy model affects molecule levels and their interactions. Then, we quantified the changes occurring when the brain moves into a pro-seizure state using a novel model of physiological ictogenesis. Compared with controls, pilocarpine animals had significantly decreased baseline levels of adenosine, homovanillic acid, and serotonin, but significantly increased levels of choline, glutamate, phenylalanine, and tyrosine. Step-wise linear regression identified that choline, homovanillic acid, adenosine, and serotonin are the most important features to characterize the difference in the extracellular milieu between pilocarpine and control animals. When increasing the hippocampal seizure risk, the concentrations of normetanephrine, serine, aspartate, and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid were the most prominent; however, there were no specific, consistent changes prior to individual seizures.
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- Hiram Luna-Munguia
- Departamento de Neurobiologia Conductual y Cognitiva, Instituto de Neurobiologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Campus UNAM-Juriquilla, Queretaro, Mexico
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, American University, Washington D.C. 20016, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
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Reyes-Garcia SZ, de Almeida ACG, Ortiz-Villatoro NN, Scorza FA, Cavalheiro EA, Scorza CA. Robust Network Inhibition and Decay of Early-Phase LTP in the Hippocampal CA1 Subfield of the Amazon Rodent Proechimys. Front Neural Circuits 2018; 12:81. [PMID: 30337859 PMCID: PMC6180286 DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2018.00081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2018] [Accepted: 09/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Background: Diverse forms of long-term potentiation (LTP) have been described, but one of the most investigated is encountered in the glutamatergic synapses of the hippocampal cornu Ammonis (CA1) subfield. However, little is known about synaptic plasticity in wildlife populations. Laboratory animals are extremely inbred populations that have been disconnected from their natural environment and so their essential ecological aspects are entirely absent. Proechimys are small rodents from Brazil’s Amazon rainforest and their nervous systems have evolved to carry out specific tasks of their unique ecological environment. It has also been shown that long-term memory duration did not persist for 24-h in Proechimys, in contrast to Wistar rats, when both animal species were assessed by the plus-maze discrimination avoidance task and object recognition test. Methods: In this work, different protocols, such as theta burst, single tetanic burst or multiple trains of high frequency stimulation (HFS), were used to induce LTP in hippocampal brain slices of Proechimys and Wistar rats. Results: A protocol-independent fast decay of early-phase LTP at glutamatergic synapses of the CA1 subfield was encountered in Proechimys. Long-term depression (LTD) and baseline paired-pulse facilitation (PPF) were investigated but no differences were found between animal species. Input/output (I/O) relationships suggested lower excitability in Proechimys in comparison to Wistar rats. Bath application of d-(-)-2-amino-5-phosphonopentanoicacid (D-AP5) and CNQX prevented the induction of LTP in both Proechimys and Wistar. However, in marked contrast to Wistar rats, LTP induction was not facilitated by the GABAA antagonist in the Amazon rodents, even higher concentrations failed to facilitate LTP in Proechimys. Next, the effects of GABAA inhibition on spontaneous activity as well as evoked field potentials (FPs) were evaluated in CA1 pyramidal cells. Likewise, much lower activity was detected in Proechimys brain slices in comparison to those of the Wistar rats. Conclusions: These findings suggest a possible high inhibitory tone in the CA1 network mediated by GABAA receptors in the Amazon rodents. Currently, neuroscience research still seeks to reveal molecular pathways that control learning and memory processes, Proechimys may prove useful in identifying such mechanisms in complement to traditional animal models.
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- Selvin Z Reyes-Garcia
- Disciplina de Neurociência, Departamento de Neurologia e Neurocirurgia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.,Departamento de Ciencias Morfológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
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- Laboratório de Neurociência Experimental e Computacional, Departamento de Engenharia de Biossistemas, Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei, São João del-Rei, Brazil
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- Disciplina de Neurociência, Departamento de Neurologia e Neurocirurgia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Disciplina de Neurociência, Departamento de Neurologia e Neurocirurgia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Disciplina de Neurociência, Departamento de Neurologia e Neurocirurgia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Disciplina de Neurociência, Departamento de Neurologia e Neurocirurgia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Becker AJ. Review: Animal models of acquired epilepsy: insights into mechanisms of human epileptogenesis. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 2018; 44:112-129. [DOI: 10.1111/nan.12451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2017] [Accepted: 10/27/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- A. J. Becker
- Section for Translational Epilepsy Research; Department of Neuropathology; University of Bonn Medical Center; Bonn Germany
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Ye H, Kaszuba S. Inhibitory or excitatory? Optogenetic interrogation of the functional roles of GABAergic interneurons in epileptogenesis. J Biomed Sci 2017; 24:93. [PMID: 29202749 PMCID: PMC5715558 DOI: 10.1186/s12929-017-0399-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2017] [Accepted: 11/28/2017] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Alteration in the excitatory/inhibitory neuronal balance is believed to be the underlying mechanism of epileptogenesis. Based on this theory, GABAergic interneurons are regarded as the primary inhibitory neurons, whose failure of action permits hyperactivity in the epileptic circuitry. As a consequence, optogenetic excitation of GABAergic interneurons is widely used for seizure suppression. However, recent evidence argues for the context-dependent, possibly “excitatory” roles that GABAergic cells play in epileptic circuitry. We reviewed current optogenetic approaches that target the “inhibitory” roles of GABAergic interneurons for seizure control. We also reviewed interesting evidence that supports the “excitatory” roles of GABAergic interneurons in epileptogenesis. GABAergic interneurons can provide excitatory effects to the epileptic circuits via several distinct neurological mechanisms. (1) GABAergic interneurons can excite postsynaptic neurons, due to the raised reversal potential of GABA receptors in the postsynaptic cells. (2) Continuous activity in GABAergic interneurons could lead to transient GABA depletion, which prevents their inhibitory effect on pyramidal cells. (3) GABAergic interneurons can synchronize network activity during seizure. (4) Some GABAergic interneurons inhibit other interneurons, causing disinhibition of pyramidal neurons and network hyperexcitability. The dynamic, context-dependent role that GABAergic interneurons play in seizure requires further investigation of their functions at single cell and circuitry level. New optogenetic protocols that target GABAergic inhibition should be explored for seizure suppression.
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- Hui Ye
- Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Quinlan Life Sciences Education and Research Center, 1032 W. Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL, 60660, USA.
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- Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Quinlan Life Sciences Education and Research Center, 1032 W. Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL, 60660, USA
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Alavian F, Ghiasvand S. GABA B receptors within the central nucleus of amygdala may involve in the morphine-induced incentive tolerance in female rats. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES 2017; 20:822-828. [PMID: 28852448 PMCID: PMC5569599 DOI: 10.22038/ijbms.2017.9018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Objective(s): Central nucleus of amygdala (CeA) is the most important region for morphine-induced reward, and GABAergic system plays an important role on morphine reinforcement. The influence of CeA administration of GABAB receptor agonist and antagonist on the expression and acquisition of morphine-induced incentive tolerance using conditioned place preference (CPP) paradigm was investigated in the present study. Our purpose was to evaluate the role of CeA GABAB receptors in morphine tolerance. Materials and Methods: Seven days after surgery and cannulation, the experiments were begun. Subcutaneous (SC) injections of morphine induced CPP. Administration of one daily dose of morphine (12.5 mg/kg) for 3 days in order to develop tolerance to the drug reduced the conditioning induced by morphine (7.5 mg/kg, SC). GABAB receptor agonist, baclofen (1.5, 6 and 12 µg/rat) or GABAB receptor antagonist, CGP35348 (1.5, 6 and 12 µg/rat) were injected into the CeA 5 min before the experiments in the test day (expression of tolerance) or 5 min before each injection of morphine (12.5 mg/kg) (acquisition of tolerance). Results: It was shown that injections of baclofen (1.5 and 12 µg/rat) reduced acquisition, whereas the dose of 6 µg/rat of the drug exacerbated the acquisition of morphine tolerance. Baclofen at all doses significantly increased the expression of tolerance to morphine. Administration of CGP35348 (1.5, 6 and 12 µg/rat) reduced the acquisition and expression of morphine tolerance. Conclusion: These results confirmed the importance of GABAB receptors with in the CeA in morphine tolerance in female rats.
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- Firoozeh Alavian
- Department of Basic Sciences, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran
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- Departments of Biology, Faculty of Science, Malayer University, Malayer, Iran
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Tohid H. Anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody positive neurological syndromes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017; 21:215-22. [PMID: 27356651 PMCID: PMC5107286 DOI: 10.17712/nsj.2016.3.20150596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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A rare kind of antibody, known as anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) autoantibody, is found in some patients. The antibody works against the GAD enzyme, which is essential in the formation of gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA), an inhibitory neurotransmitter found in the brain. Patients found with this antibody present with motor and cognitive problems due to low levels or lack of GABA, because in the absence or low levels of GABA patients exhibit motor and cognitive symptoms. The anti-GAD antibody is found in some neurological syndromes, including stiff-person syndrome, paraneoplastic stiff-person syndrome, Miller Fisher syndrome (MFS), limbic encephalopathy, cerebellar ataxia, eye movement disorders, and epilepsy. Previously, excluding MFS, these conditions were calledhyperexcitability disorders. However, collectively, these syndromes should be known as "anti-GAD positive neurological syndromes." An important limitation of this study is that the literature is lacking on the subject, and why patients with the above mentioned neurological problems present with different symptoms has not been studied in detail. Therefore, it is recommended that more research is conducted on this subject to obtain a better and deeper understanding of these anti-GAD antibody induced neurological syndromes.
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- Hassaan Tohid
- Valley View Court, Fairfield, California, United States of America. E-mail:
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David LS, Topolnik L. Target-specific alterations in the VIP inhibitory drive to hippocampal GABAergic cells after status epilepticus. Exp Neurol 2017; 292:102-112. [PMID: 28315308 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2017.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2016] [Revised: 03/08/2017] [Accepted: 03/14/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Status epilepticus (SE) is associated with complex reorganization of hippocampal circuits involving a significant loss of specific subtypes of GABAergic interneurons. While adaptive circuit plasticity may increase the chances for recruitment of surviving interneurons, the underlying mechanisms remain largely unknown. We studied the alterations in the inhibitory tone received by the hippocampal CA1 oriens/alveus (O/A) interneurons from the vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP)- and calretinin (CR)-expressing interneurons using the pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus (SE) model of epilepsy. Our data showed that, while the overall density of the VIP/CR-co-expressing interneurons remained preserved, the number of axonal boutons made by these cells within the CA1 O/A was significantly lower after SE. Furthermore, VIP/CR interneurons exhibited significant alterations in their dendritic morphology and passive membrane properties. Subsequently, while all O/A interneuron types, including oriens-lacunosum moleculare (OLM), bistratified (Bis) and basket cells, exhibited decrease in spontaneous inhibitory drive, Bis and basket cells showed a smaller amplitude of light-evoked IPSCs mediated by the selective activation of VIP-positive interneurons. These data point to the target cell-specific changes in the inhibitory tone provided by the VIP cells to O/A interneurons following SE. Given that basket, Bis and OLM cells coordinate different subcellular domains of pyramidal neurons, significant disinhibition of basket and Bis cells along with a previously reported loss of the OLMs may result in a redistribution of inhibition converging onto pyramidal neurons, with a direct impact onto their recruitment to epileptiform network activity and seizure propagation.
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- Linda Suzanne David
- Neuroscience Axis, CHU de Québec Research Center, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Bio-informatics, Laval University, Québec, PQ, Canada
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- Neuroscience Axis, CHU de Québec Research Center, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Bio-informatics, Laval University, Québec, PQ, Canada.
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Insufficient developmental excitatory neuronal activity fails to foster establishment of normal levels of inhibitory neuronal activity. Int J Dev Neurosci 2016; 55:66-71. [PMID: 27686511 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2016.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2016] [Revised: 09/16/2016] [Accepted: 09/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The nervous system is composed of excitatory and inhibitory neurons. One major class of inhibitory neurons release the neurotransmitter γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA). GABAergic inhibitory activity maintains the balance that is disrupted in conditions such as epilepsy. At least some GABAergic neurons are initially excitatory and undergo a developmental conversion to convert to inhibitory neurons. The mechanism(s) behind this conversion are thought to include a critical developmental increase in excitatory activity. To test this hypothesis, we subjected ex vivo developing neuronal networks on multi-electrode arrays to various stimulation and pharmacological regimens. Synaptic activity of networks initially consists of epileptiform-like high-amplitude individual "spikes", which convert to organized bursts of activity over the course of approximately 1 month. Stimulation of networks with a digitized synaptic signal for 5days hastened the decrease of epileptiform activity. By contrast, stimulation for a single day delayed the appearance of bursts and instead increased epileptiform signaling. GABA treatment reduced total signals in unstimulated networks and networks stimulated for 5days, but instead increased signaling in networks stimulated for 1day. This increase was prevented by co-treatment with (2R)-amino-5-phosphonopentanoate and 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione, confirming that GABA invoked excitatory activity in networks stimulated for 1day. Glutamate increased signals in networks subjected to all stimulation regimens; the GABA receptor antagonist bicuculline prevented this increase only in networks stimulated for 1day. These latter findings are consistent with the induction of so-called "mixed" synapses (which release a combination of excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitters) in networks stimulated for 1day, and support the hypothesis that a critical level of excitatory activity fosters the developmental transition of GABAergic neurons from excitatory to inhibitory.
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Tan HRM, Gross J, Uhlhaas PJ. MEG sensor and source measures of visually induced gamma-band oscillations are highly reliable. Neuroimage 2016; 137:34-44. [PMID: 27153980 PMCID: PMC5405052 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2016] [Revised: 04/23/2016] [Accepted: 05/01/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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High frequency brain oscillations are associated with numerous cognitive and behavioral processes. Non-invasive measurements using electro-/magnetoencephalography (EEG/MEG) have revealed that high frequency neural signals are heritable and manifest changes with age as well as in neuropsychiatric illnesses. Despite the extensive use of EEG/MEG-measured neural oscillations in basic and clinical research, studies demonstrating test-retest reliability of power and frequency measures of neural signals remain scarce. Here, we evaluated the test-retest reliability of visually induced gamma (30-100Hz) oscillations derived from sensor and source signals acquired over two MEG sessions. The study required participants (N=13) to detect the randomly occurring stimulus acceleration while viewing a moving concentric grating. Sensor and source MEG measures of gamma-band activity yielded comparably strong reliability (average intraclass correlation, ICC=0.861). Peak stimulus-induced gamma frequency (53-72Hz) yielded the highest measures of stability (ICCsensor=0.940; ICCsource=0.966) followed by spectral signal change (ICCsensor=0.890; ICCsource=0.893) and peak frequency bandwidth (ICCsensor=0.856; ICCsource=0.622). Furthermore, source-reconstruction significantly improved signal-to-noise for spectral amplitude of gamma activity compared to sensor estimates. Our assessments highlight that both sensor and source derived estimates of visually induced gamma-band oscillations from MEG signals are characterized by high test-retest reliability, with source derived oscillatory measures conferring an improvement in the stability of peak-frequency estimates. Importantly, our finding of high test-retest reliability supports the feasibility of pharma-MEG studies and longitudinal aging or clinical studies.
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- H-R M Tan
- Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging (CCNi), Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology (INP), College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, College of Science and Engineering, University of Glasgow, 58 Hillhead Street, Glasgow G12 8QB, United Kingdom.
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- Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging (CCNi), Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology (INP), College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, College of Science and Engineering, University of Glasgow, 58 Hillhead Street, Glasgow G12 8QB, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging (CCNi), Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology (INP), College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, College of Science and Engineering, University of Glasgow, 58 Hillhead Street, Glasgow G12 8QB, United Kingdom
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Choy M, Duffy BA, Lee JH. Optogenetic study of networks in epilepsy. J Neurosci Res 2016; 95:2325-2335. [PMID: 27413006 PMCID: PMC5548626 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.23767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2016] [Revised: 04/27/2016] [Accepted: 04/28/2016] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Currently, approximately 30% of patients with epilepsy do not have adequate seizure control. A greater understanding of the underlying mechanisms by which seizures start or propagate could lead to new therapeutic strategies. The recent development of optogenetics, because of its unprecedented precision for controlling activity within distinct neuronal populations, has revolutionized neuroscience, including epilepsy research. This Review discusses recent breakthroughs made with optogenetics in epilepsy research. These breakthroughs include new insights into the key roles that different cell types play in mediating seizures as well as in the development of epilepsy. Subsequently, we discuss how targeting different brain regions and cell populations has opened up the possibility of highly specific therapies that can stop seizures on demand. Finally, we illustrate how combining newly available neuroscience tools with whole-brain imaging techniques will allow researchers to understand better the spread of seizures on a network level. © 2016 The Authors. Journal of Neuroscience Research Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- ManKin Choy
- Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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- Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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- Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California.,Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California.,Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California.,Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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Zinchenko VP, Turovskaya MV, Teplov IY, Berezhnov AV, Turovsky EA. The role of parvalbumin-containing interneurons in the regulation of spontaneous synchronous activity of brain neurons in culture. Biophysics (Nagoya-shi) 2016. [DOI: 10.1134/s0006350916010280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Altered inhibitory function is an important facet of epileptic pathology. A key concept is that GABAergic activity can become excitatory if intraneuronal chloride rises. However, it has proved difficult to separate the role of raised chloride from other contributory factors in complex network phenomena, such as epileptic pathology. Therefore, we asked what patterns of activity are associated with chloride dysregulation by making novel use of Halorhodopsin to load clusters of mouse pyramidal cells artificially with Cl(-). Brief (1-10 s) activation of Halorhodopsin caused substantial positive shifts in the GABAergic reversal potential that were proportional to the charge transfer during the illumination and in adult neocortical pyramidal neurons decayed with a time constant of τ = 8.0 ± 2.8s. At the network level, these positive shifts in EGABA produced a transient rise in network excitability, with many distinctive features of epileptic foci, including high-frequency oscillations with evidence of out-of-phase firing (Ibarz et al., 2010). We show how such firing patterns can arise from quite small shifts in the mean intracellular Cl(-) level, within heterogeneous neuronal populations. Notably, however, chloride loading by itself did not trigger full ictal events, even with additional electrical stimulation to the underlying white matter. In contrast, when performed in combination with low, subepileptic levels of 4-aminopyridine, Halorhodopsin activation rapidly induced full ictal activity. These results suggest that chloride loading has at most an adjunctive role in ictogenesis. Our simulations also show how chloride loading can affect the jitter of action potential timing associated with imminent recruitment to an ictal event (Netoff and Schiff, 2002).
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Shiri Z, Herrington R, Lévesque M, Avoli M. Neurosteroidal modulation of in vitro epileptiform activity is enhanced in pilocarpine-treated epileptic rats. Neurobiol Dis 2015; 78:24-34. [PMID: 25814046 PMCID: PMC4880464 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2015.03.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2014] [Revised: 03/14/2015] [Accepted: 03/16/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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We employed field potential recordings in brain slices obtained from pilocarpine-treated epileptic (4-5weeks following a pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus) and age-matched, non-epileptic control (NEC) rats to establish the effects of the neurosteroid allotetrahydrodeoxycorticosterone (THDOC) on the epileptiform activity - including high frequency oscillations (HFOs; ripples: 80-200Hz, fast ripples: 250-500Hz) - induced by 4-aminopyridine (4AP) in piriform (PC) and entorhinal (EC) cortices. Both structures are highly susceptible to generate seizures and may also be involved in epileptogenesis. We found that THDOC application to pilocarpine-treated slices: (i) decreased interictal discharge frequency in PC while increasing it in EC; (ii) abolished ictal discharges in both areas in approx. one third of the experiments and reduced them in frequency and duration in the remaining experiments; and (iii) increased the occurrence of ripples and fast ripples associated to interictal events, and modified their pattern of occurrence during ictal discharges in both PC and EC. These effects were either weaker or absent in NEC tissue. Our results demonstrate that THDOC plays a structure-dependent modulatory role in epileptiform synchronization in the pilocarpine-treated epileptic rat brain where its actions are more pronounced than in NEC tissue. This evidence supports the application of neurosteroids as potential antiepileptic tools.
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- Zahra Shiri
- Montreal Neurological Institute and Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery, McGill University, 3801 University Street, Montréal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada
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- Montreal Neurological Institute and Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery, McGill University, 3801 University Street, Montréal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada
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- Montreal Neurological Institute and Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery, McGill University, 3801 University Street, Montréal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada
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- Montreal Neurological Institute and Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery, McGill University, 3801 University Street, Montréal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada.
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Naze S, Bernard C, Jirsa V. Computational modeling of seizure dynamics using coupled neuronal networks: factors shaping epileptiform activity. PLoS Comput Biol 2015; 11:e1004209. [PMID: 25970348 PMCID: PMC4430284 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2014] [Accepted: 02/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Epileptic seizure dynamics span multiple scales in space and time. Understanding seizure mechanisms requires identifying the relations between seizure components within and across these scales, together with the analysis of their dynamical repertoire. Mathematical models have been developed to reproduce seizure dynamics across scales ranging from the single neuron to the neural population. In this study, we develop a network model of spiking neurons and systematically investigate the conditions, under which the network displays the emergent dynamic behaviors known from the Epileptor, which is a well-investigated abstract model of epileptic neural activity. This approach allows us to study the biophysical parameters and variables leading to epileptiform discharges at cellular and network levels. Our network model is composed of two neuronal populations, characterized by fast excitatory bursting neurons and regular spiking inhibitory neurons, embedded in a common extracellular environment represented by a slow variable. By systematically analyzing the parameter landscape offered by the simulation framework, we reproduce typical sequences of neural activity observed during status epilepticus. We find that exogenous fluctuations from extracellular environment and electro-tonic couplings play a major role in the progression of the seizure, which supports previous studies and further validates our model. We also investigate the influence of chemical synaptic coupling in the generation of spontaneous seizure-like events. Our results argue towards a temporal shift of typical spike waves with fast discharges as synaptic strengths are varied. We demonstrate that spike waves, including interictal spikes, are generated primarily by inhibitory neurons, whereas fast discharges during the wave part are due to excitatory neurons. Simulated traces are compared with in vivo experimental data from rodents at different stages of the disorder. We draw the conclusion that slow variations of global excitability, due to exogenous fluctuations from extracellular environment, and gap junction communication push the system into paroxysmal regimes. We discuss potential mechanisms underlying such machinery and the relevance of our approach, supporting previous detailed modeling studies and reflecting on the limitations of our methodology. Neurons communicate via different types of synapses on very fast time scales. The combination of hundred thousand of such interconnected cells within a fluctuating extracellular environment forms a complex network that gives rise to function and behavior via the formation of dynamical patterns of activity. In the context of epilepsy, the functional properties of the network at the source of a seizure are disrupted by a possibly large set of factors at the cellular and molecular levels. It is therefore needed to sacrifice some biological accuracy to model seizure dynamics in favor of macroscopic realizations. Here, we present a neuronal network model that convenes both neuronal and network representations with the goal to describe brain dynamics involved in the development of epilepsy. We compare our modeling results with animal in vivo recordings to validate our approach in the context of seizures. Such system-level methodology has significant bearing in understanding neuronal network dynamics that entangle multiple synaptic and extracellular modalities.
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- Sebastien Naze
- UMR1106 Inserm, Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes, Marseille, France
- Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
- * E-mail: (SN); (VJ)
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- UMR1106 Inserm, Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes, Marseille, France
- Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
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- UMR1106 Inserm, Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes, Marseille, France
- Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
- * E-mail: (SN); (VJ)
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Rocco BR, Sweet RA, Lewis DA, Fish KN. GABA-Synthesizing Enzymes in Calbindin and Calretinin Neurons in Monkey Prefrontal Cortex. Cereb Cortex 2015; 26:2191-2204. [PMID: 25824535 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhv051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Non-overlapping groups of cortical γ-aminobutyric acid-releasing (GABAergic) neurons are identifiable by the presence of calbindin (CB), calretinin (CR), or parvalbumin (PV). Boutons from PV neuron subtypes are also distinguishable by differences in protein levels of the GABA-synthesizing enzymes GAD65 and GAD67. Multilabel fluorescence microscopy was used to determine if this diversity extends to boutons of CB and CR neurons in monkey prefrontal cortex. CB and CR neurons gave rise to 3 subpopulations of GAD-containing boutons: GAD65+, GAD67+, and GAD65/GAD67+. Somatostatin and vasoactive intestinal peptide-expressing neurons, subtypes of CB and CR neurons, respectively, also gave rise to these distinct bouton subpopulations. At the transcript level, CB and CR neurons contained mRNA encoding GAD67-only or both GADs. Thus, the distinct subpopulations of CB/GAD+ and CR/GAD+ boutons arise from 2 unique subtypes of CB and CR neurons. The different CB and CR GAD-expressing neurons targeted the same projection neurons and neuronal structures immunoreactive for PV, CR, or CB. These findings suggest that GABA synthesis from CB/GAD67+ and CR/GAD67+ neurons would presumably be more vulnerable to disease-associated deficits in GAD67 expression, such as in schizophrenia, than neurons that also contain GAD65.
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- Department of Psychiatry.,Department of Neurology.,VISN 4 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC), VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry.,Department of Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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Stability of the synaptic structure in the hippocampus of BALB/c mice with allergic rhinitis. The Journal of Laryngology & Otology 2015; 129 Suppl 2:S56-61. [DOI: 10.1017/s0022215114002400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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AbstractObjective:The aim of this study was to determine whether allergic rhinitis can induce structural changes in the synapse formation in the hippocampus of BALB/c mice immunocytochemically.Methods:Allergic rhinitis was induced in mice by two intra-peritoneal injections of ovalbumin administered with a one-week interval. After two weeks, the sensitised mice were challenged with an intra-nasal injection of ovalbumin for two weeks. To analyse the hippocampal synaptic structures, sections were immunostained with antibodies against glutamic acid decarboxylase 65 and glutamic acid decarboxylase 67 (for γ-aminobutyric acid-ergic terminals), synaptophysin (for glutamatergic and γ-aminobutyric acid-ergic terminals) and spinophilin (for dendritic spines). The number of nasal rubbing movements was significantly greater in the allergic rhinitis mice than in the control mice. However, the expression patterns of the four above-mentioned synaptic markers in the hippocampus showed no detectable difference between the allergic rhinitis and control mice.Results and Conclusion:These data indicate that the synaptic structure in the hippocampus might remain unaltered in allergic rhinitis patients.
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Hill-Yardin EL, Argyropoulos A, Hosie S, Rind G, Anderson P, Hannan AJ, O'Brien TJ. Reduced susceptibility to induced seizures in the Neuroligin-3(R451C) mouse model of autism. Neurosci Lett 2015; 589:57-61. [PMID: 25592157 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2015.01.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2014] [Accepted: 01/09/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Epilepsy is a common comorbidity in patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and several gene mutations are associated with both of these disorders. In order to determine whether a point mutation in the gene for the synaptic protein, Neuroligin-3 (Nlgn3, R451C), identified in patients with ASD alters seizure susceptibility, we administered the proconvulsant pentylenetetrazole (PTZ) to adult male Neuroligin-3(R451C) (NL3(R451C)) and wild type (WT) mice. It has previously been reported that NL3(R451C) mice show altered inhibitory GABAergic activity in brain regions relevant to epilepsy, including the hippocampus and somatosensory cortex. PTZ administration induces absence-seizures at low dose, and generalised convulsive seizures at higher dose. Susceptibility to absence seizures was examined by analysing the frequency and duration of spike-and-wave discharge (SWD) events and accompanying motor seizure activity induced by subcutaneous administration of low dosage (20 or 30mg/kg) PTZ. Susceptibility to generalised convulsive seizures was tested by measuring the response to high dosage (60mg/kg) PTZ using a modified Racine scale. There was no change in the number of SWD events exhibited by NL3(R451C) compared to WT mice following administration of both 20mg/kg PTZ (1.17±0.31 compared to 16.0±11.16 events/30min, NL3(R451C) versus WT, respectively) and 30mg/kg PTZ (7.5±6.54 compared with 27.8±19.9 events/30min, NL3(R451C) versus WT, respectively). NL3(R451C) mice were seizure resistant to generalised convulsive seizures induced by high dose PTZ compared to WT littermates (median latency to first >3s duration clonic seizure; 14.5min versus 7.25min, 95% CI: 1.625-2.375, p=0.0009, NL3(R451C) versus WT, respectively). These results indicate that the R451C mutation in the Nlgn3 gene, associated with ASD in humans, confers resistance to induced seizures, suggesting dysfunction of PTZ-sensitive GABAergic signalling in this mouse model of ASD.
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- Elisa L Hill-Yardin
- Department of Physiology, University of Melbourne, Parkville 3010, Australia.
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- Department of Medicine, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Parkville 3010, Australia
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- Department of Physiology, University of Melbourne, Parkville 3010, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Parkville 3010, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Parkville 3010, Australia
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Parkville 3010, Australia; Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, University of Melbourne, Parkville 3010, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Parkville 3010, Australia
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Optogenetic activation of cajal-retzius cells reveals their glutamatergic output and a novel feedforward circuit in the developing mouse hippocampus. J Neurosci 2014; 34:13018-32. [PMID: 25253849 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1407-14.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Cajal-Retzius cells orchestrate the development of cortical circuits by secreting the glycoprotein reelin. However, their computational functions are still unknown. In fact, the nature of their postsynaptic targets, major neurotransmitter released, as well as the class of postsynaptic receptors activated by their firing remain unclear. Here, we have addressed these questions by activating Cajal-Retzius cells optogenetically in mouse hippocampal slices. Light delivered to stratum lacunosum-moleculare triggered EPSCs both on local interneurons and on pyramidal cells. Responses recorded under voltage-clamp conditions had identical short latencies and similar amplitudes, but were kinetically different (i.e., faster in interneurons vs pyramidal cells). In both cases, responses were blocked by TTX, indicating that they were generated by action potential-dependent release. Responses in interneurons were rescued by the addition of 4-AP to TTX, and decreased when presynaptic firing in Cajal-Retzius cells was reduced by the chemokine CXCL12, indicating the existence of a direct Cajal-Retzius cell-interneuron monosynaptic connection. Although the combined application of 4-AP and TTX did not rescue responses in pyramidal cells, neither were they affected by the GABAA receptor blocker gabazine, which would be expected if they were polysynaptic. Both connections showed physiological and pharmacological properties indicating the involvement of AMPA- and NMDA-type glutamate receptors. The connectivity from presynaptic Cajal-Retzius cells to interneurons was strong enough to generate long-latency feedforward GABAergic input onto pyramidal cells. We propose that this newly defined Cajal-Retzius cell-dependent microcircuit may regulate synaptic plasticity and dendritic development in stratum lacunosum-moleculare, thus impacting the integrative properties of the developing hippocampus.
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Scharfman HE, Brooks-Kayal AR. Is plasticity of GABAergic mechanisms relevant to epileptogenesis? ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2014; 813:133-50. [PMID: 25012373 DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-8914-1_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Numerous changes in GABAergic neurons, receptors, and inhibitory mechanisms have been described in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), either in humans or in animal models. Nevertheless, there remains a common assumption that epilepsy can be explained by simply an insufficiency of GABAergic inhibition. Alternatively, investigators have suggested that there is hyperinhibition that masks an underlying hyperexcitability. Here we examine the status epilepticus (SE) models of TLE and focus on the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus, where a great deal of data have been collected. The types of GABAergic neurons and GABAA receptors are summarized under normal conditions and after SE. The role of GABA in development and in adult neurogenesis is discussed. We suggest that instead of "too little or too much" GABA there is a complexity of changes after SE that makes the emergence of chronic seizures (epileptogenesis) difficult to understand mechanistically, and difficult to treat. We also suggest that this complexity arises, at least in part, because of the remarkable plasticity of GABAergic neurons and GABAA receptors in response to insult or injury.
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- Helen E Scharfman
- The Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY, USA,
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What are the arguments for and against rational therapy for epilepsy? ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2014; 813:295-308. [PMID: 25012386 DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-8914-1_24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Although more than a dozen new anti-seizure drugs (ASDs) have entered the market since 1993, a substantial proportion of patients (~30 %) remain refractory to current treatments. Thus, a concerted effort to identify and develop new therapies that will help these patients continues. Until this effort succeeds, it is reasonable to re-assess the use of currently available therapies and to consider how these therapies might be utilized in a more efficacious manner. This applies to the selection of monotherapies in newly-diagnosed epilepsy, but perhaps, more importantly, to the choice of combination treatments in otherwise drug-refractory epilepsy. Rational polytherapy is a concept that is predicated on the combination of drugs with complementary mechanisms of action (MoAs) that work synergistically to maximize efficacy and minimize the potential for adverse events. Furthermore, rational polytherapy requires a detailed understanding of the MoA subclasses amongst available ASDs and an appreciation of the empirical evidence that supports the use of specific combinations. The majority of ASDs can be loosely categorized into those that target neurotransmission and network hyperexcitability, modulate intrinsic neuronal properties through ion channels, or possess broad-spectrum efficacy as a result of multiple mechanisms. Within each of these categories, there are discrete pharmacological profiles that differentiate individual ASDs. This chapter will consider how knowledge of MoA can help guide therapy in a rational manner, both in the selection of monotherapies for specific seizure types and syndromes, but also in the choice of drug combinations for patients whose epilepsy is not optimally controlled with a single ASD.
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Marx M, Haas CA, Häussler U. Differential vulnerability of interneurons in the epileptic hippocampus. Front Cell Neurosci 2013; 7:167. [PMID: 24098270 PMCID: PMC3787650 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2013.00167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2013] [Accepted: 09/07/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The loss of hippocampal interneurons has been considered as one reason for the onset of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) by shifting the excitation-inhibition balance. Yet, there are many different interneuron types which show differential vulnerability in the context of an epileptogenic insult. We used the intrahippocampal kainate (KA) mouse model for TLE in which a focal, unilateral KA injection induces status epilepticus (SE) followed by development of granule cell dispersion (GCD) and hippocampal sclerosis surrounding the injection site but not in the intermediate and temporal hippocampus. In this study, we characterized the loss of interneurons with respect to septotemporal position and to differential vulnerability of interneuron populations. To this end, we performed intrahippocampal recordings of the initial SE, in situ hybridization for glutamic acid decarboxylase 67 (GAD67) mRNA and immunohistochemistry for parvalbumin (PV) and neuropeptide Y (NPY) in the early phase of epileptogenesis at 2 days and at 21 days after KA injection, when recurrent epileptic activity and GCD have fully developed. We show that SE extended along the entire septotemporal axis of both hippocampi, but was stronger at distant sites than at the injection site. There was an almost complete loss of interneurons surrounding the injection site and expanding to the intermediate hippocampus already at 2 days but increasing until 21 days after KA. Furthermore, we observed differential vulnerability of PV- and NPY-expressing cells: while the latter were lost at the injection site but preserved at intermediate sites, PV-expressing cells were gone even at sites more temporal than GCD. In addition, we found upregulation of GAD67 mRNA expression in dispersed granule cells and of NPY staining in ipsilateral granule cells and ipsi- and contralateral mossy fibers. Our data thus indicate differential survival capacity of interneurons in the epileptic hippocampus and compensatory plasticity mechanisms depending on the hippocampal position.
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- Markus Marx
- Experimental Epilepsy Research, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Freiburg Freiburg, Germany
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Cordelli DM, Pellicciari A, Kiriazopulos D, Franzoni E, Garavelli L. Epilepsy in Mowat-Wilson syndrome: is it a matter of GABA? Epilepsia 2013; 54:1331-2. [PMID: 23815573 DOI: 10.1111/epi.12204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The class 4 semaphorin Sema4D promotes the rapid assembly of GABAergic synapses in rodent hippocampus. J Neurosci 2013; 33:8961-73. [PMID: 23699507 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0989-13.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Proper circuit function in the mammalian nervous system depends on the precise assembly and development of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic connections between neurons. Through a loss-of-function genetic screen in cultured hippocampal neurons, we previously identified the class 4 Semaphorin Sema4D as being required for proper GABAergic synapse development. Here we demonstrate that Sema4D is sufficient to promote GABAergic synapse formation in rodent hippocampus and investigate the kinetics of this activity. We find that Sema4D treatment of rat hippocampal neurons increases the density of GABAergic synapses as detected by immunocytochemistry within 30 min, much more rapidly than has been previously described for a prosynaptogenic molecule, and show that this effect is dependent on the Sema4D receptor PlexinB1 using PlxnB1(-/-) mice. Live imaging studies reveal that Sema4D elicits a rapid enhancement (within 10 min) in the rate of addition of synaptic proteins. Therefore, we demonstrate that Sema4D, via PlexinB1, acts to initiate synapse formation by recruiting molecules to both the presynaptic and the postsynaptic terminals; these nascent synapses subsequently become fully functional by 2 h after Sema4D treatment. In addition, acute treatment of an organotypic hippocampal slice epilepsy model with Sema4D reveals that Sema4D rapidly and dramatically alters epileptiform activity, which is consistent with a Sema4D-mediated shift in the balance of excitation and inhibition within the circuit. These data demonstrate an ability to quickly assemble GABAergic synapses in response to an appropriate signal and suggest a potential area of exploration for the development of novel antiepileptic drugs.
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Epilepsy is a prevalent neurological disorder associated with significant morbidity and mortality, but the only available drug therapies target its symptoms rather than the underlying cause. The process that links brain injury or other predisposing factors to the subsequent emergence of epilepsy is termed epileptogenesis. Substantial research has focused on elucidating the mechanisms of epileptogenesis so as to identify more specific targets for intervention, with the hope of preventing epilepsy before seizures emerge. Recent work has yielded important conceptual advances in this field. We suggest that such insights into the mechanisms of epileptogenesis converge at the level of cortical circuit dysfunction.
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Miao JK, Chen QX, Li C, Li XW, Wu XM, Zhang XP. Modulation Effects of α-Asarone on the GABA homeostasis in the Lithium-Pilocarpine Model of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. INT J PHARMACOL 2012. [DOI: 10.3923/ijp.2013.24.32] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Zemianek JM, Shultz AM, Lee S, Guaraldi M, Yanco HA, Shea TB. Transient epileptiform signaling during neuronal network development: regulation by external stimulation and bimodal GABAergic activity. Int J Dev Neurosci 2012; 31:131-7. [PMID: 23220177 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2012.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2012] [Revised: 11/09/2012] [Accepted: 11/10/2012] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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A predominance of excitatory activity, with protracted appearance of inhibitory activity, accompanies cortical neuronal development. It is unclear whether or not inhibitory neuronal activity is solicited exclusively by excitatory neurons or whether the transient excitatory activity displayed by developing GABAergic neurons contributes to an excitatory threshold that fosters their conversion to inhibitory activity. We addressed this possibility by culturing murine embryonic neurons on multi-electrode arrays. A wave of individual 0.2-0.4 mV signals ("spikes") appeared between approx. 20-30 days in culture, then declined. A transient wave of high amplitude (>0.5 mV) epileptiform activity coincided with the developmental decline in spikes. Bursts (clusters of ≥3 low-amplitude spikes within 0.7s prior to returning to baseline) persisted following this decline. Addition of the GABAergic antagonist bicuculline initially had no effect on signaling, consistent with delayed development of GABAergic synapses. This was followed by a period in which bicuculline inhibited overall signaling, confirming that GABAergic neurons initially display excitatory activity in ex vivo networks. Following the transient developmental wave of epileptiform signaling, bicuculline induced a resurgence of epileptiform signaling, indicating that GABAergic neurons at this point displayed inhibitory activity. The appearance of transition after the developmental and decline of epileptiform activity, rather than immediately after the developmental decline in lower-amplitude spikes, suggests that the initial excitatory activity of GABAergic neurons contributes to their transition into inhibitory neurons, and that inhibitory GABAergic activity is essential for network development. Prior studies indicate that a minority (25%) of neurons in these cultures were GABAergic, suggesting that inhibitory neurons regulate multiple excitatory neurons. A similar robust increase in signaling following cessation of inhibitory activity in an artificial neural network containing 20% inhibitory neurons supported this conclusion. Even a minor perturbation in GABAergic function may therefore foster initiation and/or amplification of seizure activity, as well as perturbations in long-term potentiation.
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- Jill M Zemianek
- Center for Cellular Neurobiology & Neurodegeneration Research, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 01854, USA
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Ma Y, Prince DA. Functional alterations in GABAergic fast-spiking interneurons in chronically injured epileptogenic neocortex. Neurobiol Dis 2012; 47:102-13. [PMID: 22484482 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2012.03.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2011] [Revised: 02/15/2012] [Accepted: 03/21/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Progress toward developing effective prophylaxis and treatment of posttraumatic epilepsy depends on a detailed understanding of the basic underlying mechanisms. One important factor contributing to epileptogenesis is decreased efficacy of GABAergic inhibition. Here we tested the hypothesis that the output of neocortical fast-spiking (FS) interneurons onto postsynaptic targets would be decreased in the undercut (UC) model of chronic posttraumatic epileptogenesis. Using dual whole-cell recordings in layer IV barrel cortex, we found a marked increase in the failure rate and a very large reduction in the amplitude of unitary inhibitory postsynaptic currents (uIPSCs) from FS cells to excitatory regular spiking (RS) neurons and neighboring FS cells. Assessment of the paired pulse ratio and presumed quantal release showed that there was a significant, but relatively modest, decrease in synaptic release probability and a non-significant reduction in quantal size. A reduced density of boutons on axons of biocytin-filled UC FS cells, together with a higher coefficient of variation of uIPSC amplitude in RS cells, suggested that the number of functional synapses presynaptically formed by FS cells may be reduced. Given the marked reduction in synaptic strength, other defects in the presynaptic vesicle release machinery likely occur, as well.
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- Yunyong Ma
- Dept. of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5122, USA
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Improved cognitive performance following supplementation with a mixed-grain diet in high school students: A randomized controlled trial. Nutrition 2012; 28:165-72. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2011.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2010] [Revised: 01/21/2011] [Accepted: 05/28/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Stanley EM, Fadel JR, Mott DD. Interneuron loss reduces dendritic inhibition and GABA release in hippocampus of aged rats. Neurobiol Aging 2012; 33:431.e1-13. [PMID: 21277654 PMCID: PMC3110542 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2010.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2010] [Revised: 12/02/2010] [Accepted: 12/21/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Aging is associated with impairments in learning and memory and a greater incidence of limbic seizures. These changes in the aged brain have been associated with increased excitability of hippocampal pyramidal cells caused by a reduced number of gamma-aminobutyric acid-ergic (GABAergic) interneurons. To better understand these issues, we performed cell counts of GABAergic interneurons and examined GABA efflux and GABAergic inhibition in area CA1 of the hippocampus of young (3-5 months) and aged (26-30 months) rats. Aging significantly reduced high K(+)/Ca(2+)-evoked GABA, but not glutamate efflux in area CA1. Immunostaining revealed a significant loss of GABAergic interneurons, but not inhibitory boutons in stratum oriens and stratum lacunosum moleculare. Somatostatin-immunoreactive oriens-lacunosum moleculare (O-LM) cells, but not parvalbumin-containing interneurons were selectively lost. Oriens-lacunosum moleculare cells project to distal dendrites of CA1 pyramidal cells, providing dendritic inhibition. Accordingly, inhibition of dendritic input to CA1 from entorhinal cortex was selectively reduced. These findings suggest that the age-dependent loss of interneurons impairs dendritic inhibition and dysregulates entorhinal cortical input to CA1, potentially contributing to cognitive impairment and seizures.
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- Emily M. Stanley
- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208 USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208 USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208 USA
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Avoli M, de Curtis M. GABAergic synchronization in the limbic system and its role in the generation of epileptiform activity. Prog Neurobiol 2011; 95:104-32. [PMID: 21802488 PMCID: PMC4878907 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2011.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 193] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2011] [Revised: 07/14/2011] [Accepted: 07/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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GABA is the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in the adult forebrain, where it activates ionotropic type A and metabotropic type B receptors. Early studies have shown that GABA(A) receptor-mediated inhibition controls neuronal excitability and thus the occurrence of seizures. However, more complex, and at times unexpected, mechanisms of GABAergic signaling have been identified during epileptiform discharges over the last few years. Here, we will review experimental data that point at the paradoxical role played by GABA(A) receptor-mediated mechanisms in synchronizing neuronal networks, and in particular those of limbic structures such as the hippocampus, the entorhinal and perirhinal cortices, or the amygdala. After having summarized the fundamental characteristics of GABA(A) receptor-mediated mechanisms, we will analyze their role in the generation of network oscillations and their contribution to epileptiform synchronization. Whether and how GABA(A) receptors influence the interaction between limbic networks leading to ictogenesis will be also reviewed. Finally, we will consider the role of altered inhibition in the human epileptic brain along with the ability of GABA(A) receptor-mediated conductances to generate synchronous depolarizing events that may lead to ictogenesis in human epileptic disorders as well.
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- Massimo Avoli
- Montreal Neurological Institute and Departments of Neurology & Neurosurgery, and of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal H3A 2B4 Quebec, Canada.
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Yarmolenko PS, Moon EJ, Landon C, Manzoor A, Hochman DW, Viglianti BL, Dewhirst MW. Thresholds for thermal damage to normal tissues: an update. Int J Hyperthermia 2011; 27:320-43. [PMID: 21591897 DOI: 10.3109/02656736.2010.534527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 416] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The purpose of this review is to summarise a literature survey on thermal thresholds for tissue damage. This review covers published literature for the consecutive years from 2002-2009. The first review on this subject was published in 2003. It included an extensive discussion of how to use thermal dosimetric principles to normalise all time-temperature data histories to a common format. This review utilises those same principles to address sensitivity of a variety of tissues, but with particular emphasis on brain and testis. The review includes new data on tissues that were not included in the original review. Several important observations have come from this review. First, a large proportion of the papers examined for this review were discarded because time-temperature history at the site of thermal damage assessment was not recorded. It is strongly recommended that future research on this subject include such data. Second, very little data is available examining chronic consequences of thermal exposure. On a related point, the time of assessment of damage after exposure is critically important for assessing whether damage is transient or permanent. Additionally, virtually no data are available for repeated thermal exposures which may occur in certain recreational or occupational activities. For purposes of regulatory guidelines, both acute and lasting effects of thermal damage should be considered.
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- Pavel S Yarmolenko
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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Tsai JJ, Norcia AM, Ales JM, Wade AR. Contrast gain control abnormalities in idiopathic generalized epilepsy. Ann Neurol 2011; 70:574-82. [PMID: 21710621 DOI: 10.1002/ana.22462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2010] [Revised: 04/19/2011] [Accepted: 04/22/2011] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The origin of neural hyperexcitability underlying idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE) is not known. The objective of this study is to identify evidence of hyperexcitability in precisely measured visual evoked responses and to understand the nature of changes in excitation and inhibition that lead to altered responses in human patients with IGE. METHODS Steady-state visual-evoked potentials (VEPs) to contrast reversing gratings were recorded over a wide range of stimulus contrast. VEPs were analyzed at the pattern reversal rate using spectral analysis. Ten patients with IGE and 13 healthy subjects participated. All subjects had normal visual acuity and had no history of photic-induced seizures or photoparoxysmal electroencephalograph (EEG) activity. RESULTS At a group level, the amplitude of visual responses did not saturate at high stimulus contrast in patients, as it did in the control subjects. This reflects an abnormality in neuronal gain control. The VEPs did not have sufficient power to reliably distinguish patients from controls at an individual level. Parametric modeling using a standard gain control framework showed that the abnormality lay in reduced inhibition from neighboring neurons rather than increased excitatory response to the stimulus. INTERPRETATION Visual evoked responses reveal changes in a fundamental mechanism regulating neuronal sensitivity. These changes may give rise to hyperexcitability underlying generalized epilepsy.
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- Jeffrey J Tsai
- Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, Department of Neurology, University of California-San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Ave., San Francisco, CA 94143-0114, USA.
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Luna-Munguia H, Orozco-Suarez S, Rocha L. Effects of high frequency electrical stimulation and R-verapamil on seizure susceptibility and glutamate and GABA release in a model of phenytoin-resistant seizures. Neuropharmacology 2011; 61:807-14. [PMID: 21645533 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2011.05.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2011] [Revised: 05/18/2011] [Accepted: 05/19/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The present study was focused to characterize the effects of intrahippocampal application of R-verapamil, a P-glycoprotein blocker, and High Frequency Electrical Stimulation (HFS) at 130 Hz, on seizure susceptibility and extracellular concentrations of glutamate and γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in hippocampus of kindled rats with drug-resistant seizures. Fully kindled rats classified in responsive and non-responsive to phenytoin were used for this purpose. In contrast with responsive animals, non-responsive rats showed lower afterdischarge threshold (ADT) values in pre-kindling conditions and required less number of kindling trials to achieve the kindled state. Once the animals attained the kindled state, both epileptic groups presented high glutamate and low GABA interictal release, effect more evident in non-responsive rats. In hippocampus of responsive animals, GABA levels demonstrated two increases at 120 and 240 min after the ictal event, a situation no detected for non-responsive rats. Kindled animals receiving hippocampal HFS showed augmented ADT, an effect associated with enhanced GABA release in responsive rats. Intrahippocampal perfusion of R-verapamil (5 mM) decreased the seizure susceptibility (high ADT values), enhanced the interictal GABA release and the postictal levels of glutamate and GABA in responsive and non-responsive rats. It is conclude that alterations of glutamate and GABA release in the epileptic hippocampus of non-responsive animals resemble those found in hippocampus of patients with refractory TLE. In addition, intrahippocampal application of HFS and R-verapamil modifies the amino acid release and reduces the seizure susceptibility of both, responsive and non-responsive rats.
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- Hiram Luna-Munguia
- Department of Pharmacobiology, Center for Research and Advanced Studies, Mexico City, Mexico
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Muthukumaraswamy SD, Evans CJ, Edden RAE, Wise RG, Singh KD. Individual variability in the shape and amplitude of the BOLD-HRF correlates with endogenous GABAergic inhibition. Hum Brain Mapp 2011; 33:455-65. [PMID: 21416560 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.21223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2010] [Revised: 10/27/2010] [Accepted: 11/11/2010] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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It has previously been demonstrated that there is a negative correlation between the amplitude of the BOLD response and resting γ amino-butyric acid (GABA) concentration in visual cortex. The work here is the first to empirically characterize individual variability in the haemodynamic response functions (HRFs) in response to a simple visual stimulus and baseline GABA concentration in a population of young adult males (n = 15, aged 20-28 years). The results demonstrate that GABA concentration is negatively correlated with BOLD response amplitude (r = -0.64, P < 0.02) and positively correlated with HRF width (r = 0.67, P < 0.002), that is, individuals with higher resting GABA concentration tend to exhibit smaller and wider HRFs. No correlations were observed with resting cerebral blood flow and GABA concentration and similarly, no correlations were observed between GABA and the proportional tissue content of the MRS voxel. We argue that correlation of the height of the HRF is supportive of the view that the previously observed correlations between BOLD amplitudes and GABA are reflective of differences in neuronal activity. However, the changes in HRF shape in individuals with higher baseline GABA levels are suggestive that differing vascular response characteristics may also make a significant contribution. Our results reinforce the view that variability in endogenous factors, such as neurotransmitter concentration, can have a profound effect on the vascular haemodynamic response. This has important implications for between-cohort fMRI studies in which variation in parameters such as GABA concentration may lead to group differences in the BOLD signal.
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