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8931018

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-3-14
pubmed:abstractText
The in vitro release of somatostatin and neuropeptide Y, their tissue concentration and immunocytochemical pattern were examined in the entorhinal cortex of chronically epileptic rats. A systemic administration of 12 mg/kg kainic acid causing generalized tonic-clonic seizures for at least 3 h after injection was used to induce, 60 days later, a chronically enhanced susceptibility to seizures in the rats. The release of both peptides under depolarizing conditions was significantly reduced by 15% on average from slices of the entorhinal cortex two days after kainic acid-induced status epilepticus. At 60 days, the spontaneous and 30 mM KCl-induced release of somatostatin was significantly enhanced by 30% on average. The release induced by 100 mM KCl was raised by 70%. The spontaneous, 30 mM and 100 mM KCl-induced release of neuropeptide Y from the same slices was increased, respectively, by 120%, 76% and 36%. The late changes were associated with an increased tissue concentration of neuropeptide Y but not of somatostatin. This was confirmed by immunocytochemical evidence showing that neuropeptide Y-, but not somatostatin-immunoreactive neurons were increased in the entorhinal cortex of kainic acid-treated rats. These results indicate that neurotransmission mediated by somatostatin and neuropeptide Y, two peptides previously shown to play a role in limbic epileptogenesis, is enhanced in the entorhinal cortex of chronically epileptic rats.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0306-4522
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
75
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
551-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Functional activation of somatostatin- and neuropeptide Y-containing neurons in the entorhinal cortex of chronically epileptic rats.
pubmed:affiliation
Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milano, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't