期刊
EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR
卷 28, 期 3, 页码 432-436出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.06.021
关键词
Transcranial focal electrical stimulation; Diazepam; Status epilepticus; Tripolar concentric ring electrode; Lithium-pilocarpine; Neuronal damage
资金
- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACYT) [98386, I010/214/2012]
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke [R21NS061335]
- Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health [R21TW009384]
- Office Of Internatl Science &Engineering
- Office Of The Director [1049994] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Experiments were conducted to evaluate the effects of transcranial focal electrical stimulation (TFS) applied via tripolar concentric ring electrodes, alone and associated with a sub-effective dose of diazepam (DZP) on the expression of status epilepticus (SE) induced by lithium-pilocarpine (LP) and subsequent neuronal damage in the hippocampus. Immediately before pilocarpine injection, male Wistar rats received TFS (300 Hz, 200 mu s biphasic square charge-balanced 50-mA constant current pulses for 2 mm) alone or combined with a sub-effective dose of DZP (0.41 mg/kg, i.p.). In contrast with DZP or TFS alone, DZP plus TFS reduced the incidence of, and enhanced the latency to, mild and severe generalized seizures and SE induced by LP. These effects were associated with a significant reduction in the number of degenerated neurons in the hippocampus. The present study supports the notion that TFS combined with sub-effective doses of DZP may represent a therapeutic tool to induce anticonvulsant effects and reduce the SE-induced neuronal damage. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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