Journal
EPILEPSIA
Volume 47, Issue 1, Pages 27-32Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00366.x
Keywords
seizures; anterior nucleus of the thalamus; deep brain stimulation; rat; electrical stimulation; kainate; kainic acid; epilepsy; prolonged stimulation
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- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE [K08NS041340, R56NS020253, R01NS020253] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NINDS NIH HHS [NS41340, NS20253] Funding Source: Medline
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Purpose: Electrical stimulation of the anterior nucleus of the thalamus (ANT) is receiving increased attention as a novel means of controlling intractable epilepsy, and has entered human clinical trial. Animal data supporting the anticonvulsant benefit of ANT stimulation, however, has been obtained from acute chemoconvulsant models of epilepsy rather than models of chronic epilepsy with spontaneous seizures. It is unknown whether ANT stimulation is effective in models of chronic epilepsy. Methods: Bilateral ANT stimulation was evaluated in rats with chronic epilepsy following acute status epilepticus (SE) produced by systemic kainic acid (KA) administration. The evolution of epilepsy following KA SE and the effects of ANT stimulation were monitored by continuous video-EEG. Results: Following KA SE, most rats have 2-8 seizures per day, and the average seizure rate increases over time, doubling over the course of 14 weeks. Behavioral seizure severity, after the initial development of epilepsy, remains stable. Seizure frequency during ANT stimulation was 2.5 times the baseline seizure frequency. In some cases stimulation triggered seizures were observed. The effects of stimulation were specific to the ANT. Stimulation applied to electrodes placed outside the ANT did not significantly worsen seizure frequency. Conclusions: ANT stimulation exacerbated seizure frequency in rats with chronic epilepsy following kainate status epilepticus.
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