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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-5-4
pubmed:abstractText
The aims of the present study were to ascertain whether nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) could give rise to long-term behavioral deficits and permanent brain damage. Two months after NCSE was elicited with pilocarpine (15 mg/kg i.p.) in LiCl-pretreated adult male rats, animals were assigned to either behavioral (spontaneous behavior, social interaction, elevated plus-maze, rotorod, and bar-holding tests) or EEG studies. Another group of animals was sacrificed and their brains were processed for Nissl and Timm staining as well as for parvalbumin and calbindin immunohistochemistry. Behavioral analysis revealed motor deficits (shorter latencies to fall from rotorod as well as from bar) and disturbances in the social behavior of experimental animals (decreased interest in juvenile conspecific). EEGs showed no apparent abnormalities. Quantification of immunohistochemically stained sections revealed decreased amounts of parvalbumin- and calbindin-immunoreactive neurons in the motor cortex and of parvalbumin-positive neurons in the dentate gyrus. Despite relatively inconspicuous manifestations, NCSE may represent a risk for long-term deficits.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1525-5050
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
180-91
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15123019-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15123019-Arousal, pubmed-meshheading:15123019-Behavior, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:15123019-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:15123019-Brain Damage, Chronic, pubmed-meshheading:15123019-Brain Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:15123019-Calcium-Binding Protein, Vitamin D-Dependent, pubmed-meshheading:15123019-Convulsants, pubmed-meshheading:15123019-Electroencephalography, pubmed-meshheading:15123019-Limbic System, pubmed-meshheading:15123019-Lithium Chloride, pubmed-meshheading:15123019-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15123019-Maze Learning, pubmed-meshheading:15123019-Motor Activity, pubmed-meshheading:15123019-Motor Skills, pubmed-meshheading:15123019-Neocortex, pubmed-meshheading:15123019-Parvalbumins, pubmed-meshheading:15123019-Pilocarpine, pubmed-meshheading:15123019-Postural Balance, pubmed-meshheading:15123019-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:15123019-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:15123019-Reaction Time, pubmed-meshheading:15123019-Social Behavior, pubmed-meshheading:15123019-Status Epilepticus, pubmed-meshheading:15123019-Video Recording
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Long-term behavioral and morphological consequences of nonconvulsive status epilepticus in rats.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Vídenská 1083, CZ 142 20 Prague 4, Czech Republic.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article