Low-voltage fast (LVF)- and hypersynchronous (HYP)-seizure onset patterns can be recognized in the EEG of epileptic animals and patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. Ripples (80-200 Hz) and fast ripples (250-500 Hz) have been linked to each pattern, with ripples predominating during LVF seizures and fast ripples predominating during HYP seizures in the rat pilocarpine model. This evidence led u...

There is evidence that 5-7 d after acute seizure episodes induced by kainic acid (KA) the rats develop a long-lasting increase in the susceptibility to seizures followed by spontaneous recurrent seizures (SRS). The present study was focused on the role of hippocampal mu opioid receptors (MORs) in the susceptibility of rats to seizures with the KA model of epilepsy. The rats received a convulsan...

About one-third of women with epilepsy have a catamenial seizure pattern, in which seizures fluctuate with the menstrual cycle. Catamenial seizures occur more frequently when the ratio of circulating estradiol to progesterone is high, suggesting that estradiol is proconvulsant. We used adult female rats to test how estradiol-induced suppression of GABAergic inhibition in the hippocampus affects...

Inosine (INO) has an anticonvulsant effect against seizures induced by antagonists of GABAergic system. Quinolinic acid (QA) is an agonist NMDA receptors implicated in the neurobiology of seizures. In the present study, we investigated the anticonvulsant effect of intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) INO administration against QA-induced seizures in adult mice. We also investigated whether the benz...

Pilocarpine-induced seizures can be mediated by increases in oxidative stress and by cerebral amino acid changes. The present research suggests that antioxidant compounds may afford some level of neuroprotection against the neurotoxicity of seizures in cellular level. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the lipoic acid (LA) effects in glutamate and taurine contents in rat hippoca...

33 Low-voltage fast-(LVF) and hypersynchronous-(HYP) seizure onset patterns can be recognized 34 in the EEG of epileptic animals and patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. Ripples (80-200 Hz) 35 and fast ripples (250-500 Hz) have been linked to each pattern, with ripples predominating 36 during LVF seizures and fast ripples predominating during HYP seizures in the rat pilocarpine 37 model. This ...

Epileptic seizures originating from the limbic system have been shown to stimulate the proliferation rate of granule cell precursors in the adult brain, but it is not clear if other type(s) of seizures have the similar effects. This study examined the effects of pentylenetrazol (PTZ)-induced generalized clonic seizures on dentate granule cell neurogenesis in adult rats. Using systemic bromodeox...