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9630399

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-8-27
pubmed:abstractText
The purpose of the present study was to examine seizure activity during reduced 5alpha-pregnan-3alpha-ol-20-one (3alpha,5alpha-THP) production. Ovariectomized Long-Evans rats were stereotaxically implanted with bipolar electrodes above the perforant pathway; silastic implants filled with estradiol-17-benzoate (EB) and progesterone were inserted subcutaneously to mimic diestrus. Estrus was then induced in half of these animals by injection of EB (30 microg) and progesterone (2.5 mg), 48 and 4 h, respectively, prior to perforant pathway stimulation. Half of the estrous and diestrous rats also received a 5alpha-reductase inhibitor, finasteride (50 mg/kg), 6 h prior to perforant pathway stimulation. The estrous condition was associated with reduced number and duration of partial seizures, improved performance on a Morris water maze recovery of function test, reduced neuronal loss in the hilar region of the hippocampus, and elevated central and plasma 3alpha,5alpha-THP, compared to estrus+finasteride, diestrus+vehicle and diestrus+finasteride conditions, which did not differ from each another. These data suggest antiseizure effects of estrus may be caused, in part, by the action of 3alpha,5alpha-THP and that the precipitous decline in 3alpha,5alpha-THP may restore seizure threshold to control levels.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0953-8194
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
291-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Finasteride blocks the reduction in ictal activity produced by exogenous estrous cyclicity.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychology, Connecticut College, New London 06320, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't