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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-5-24
pubmed:abstractText
The claustrum has been implicated in the kindling of generalized seizures from limbic sites. We examined the susceptibility of the anterior claustrum itself to kindling and correlated this with an anatomical investigation of its afferent and efferent connections. Electrical stimulation of the anterior claustrum resulted in a pattern of rapid kindling with two distinct phases. Early kindling involved extremely rapid progression to bilaterally generalized seizures of short duration. With repeated daily kindling stimulations, early-phase generalized seizures abruptly became more elaborate and prolonged, resembling limbic-type seizures as triggered from the amygdala. We suggest that the rapid rate of kindling from the anterior claustrum is an indication that the claustrum is functionally close to the mechanisms of seizure generalization. In support of our hypothesis, we found significant afferent, efferent, and often reciprocal connections between the anterior claustrum and areas that have been implicated in the generation of generalized seizures, including frontal and motor cortex, limbic cortex, amygdala, and endopiriform nucleus. Additional connections were found with various other structures, including olfactory areas, nucleus accumbens, midline thalamus, and brainstem nuclei including the substantia nigra and the dorsal raphe nucleus. The anatomical connections of the anterior claustrum are consistent with its very high susceptibility to kindling and support the view that the claustrum is part of a forebrain network of structures participating in the generalization of seizures.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1529-2401
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3674-87
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11331397-Afferent Pathways, pubmed-meshheading:11331397-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11331397-Basal Ganglia, pubmed-meshheading:11331397-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:11331397-Disease Progression, pubmed-meshheading:11331397-Disease Susceptibility, pubmed-meshheading:11331397-Efferent Pathways, pubmed-meshheading:11331397-Electric Stimulation, pubmed-meshheading:11331397-Electroencephalography, pubmed-meshheading:11331397-Fluorescent Dyes, pubmed-meshheading:11331397-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:11331397-Kindling, Neurologic, pubmed-meshheading:11331397-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11331397-Neural Pathways, pubmed-meshheading:11331397-Phytohemagglutinins, pubmed-meshheading:11331397-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:11331397-Rats, Long-Evans, pubmed-meshheading:11331397-Reaction Time, pubmed-meshheading:11331397-Seizures, pubmed-meshheading:11331397-Stilbamidines, pubmed-meshheading:11331397-Terminology as Topic
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Susceptibility to kindling and neuronal connections of the anterior claustrum.
pubmed:affiliation
Neuropsychiatry Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 5E4.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't