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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1981-3-17
pubmed:abstractText
Transplants of rat hippocampus into the anterior chamber of the eye of a host animal were used to assess the effects of cholinergic and adrenergic neuronal inputs on the generation and duration of seizure activity. Cholinomimetics initiated both seizures and hypersynchronous neuronal activity in the transplants. Cyclic guanosine monophosphate (GMP) derivatives and isobutyl methylxanthine elicited similar changes. Reflex activation of the cholinergic parasympathetic input to the iris and transplant by illumination of the ipsilateral retina also induced seizures or increased the rate of penicillin-induced interictal spike discharge. Application of beta-adrenergic agonists inhibited interictal spikes and paroxysmal depolarizing shifts induced by penicillin. Fluorescence histochemical studies showed that host sympathetic adrenergic fibers derived from the ground plexus of the iris invaded the transplant to form fine varicose nerve terminals. Activation of these adrenergic afferents to the transplant diminished both the amplitude and frequency of penicillin-induced epileptiform activity. Epileptiform activity in hippocampal occular transplants is strongly modulated by cholinergic and adrenergic neuronal inputs, with the former exerting a facilatory influence and the latter, an inhibitory effect.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0364-5134
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
6
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
281-95
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1979
pubmed:articleTitle
Seizures and related epileptiform activity in hippocampus transplanted to the anterior chamber of the eye: modulation by cholinergic and adrenergic input.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't