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Characteristic behavioral seizures and abnormal signal asymmetry of magnetic resonance imaging in an electrogenic rat model of chronic epilepsy.
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PMID:  12589409     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Chronic tetani (60 Hz, 2 s, 0.4~0.6 mA) were administered to the dorsal hippocampus (DHPC) or the medial temporal lobe neocortex (MTNC) of rats, to study the role of the entorhinal cortex (EC)-hippocampal loop in temporal lobe epileptogenesis. This was repeated once a day for 7 or 10 days. Magnification of hyper-intensity was induced by tetanization of the HPC or the MTNC, as detected by contralateral T(2) weighed magnetic resonance imaging (T(2)-WI). The effects were associated with an enlarged volume of the lateral ventricle (LV), which was verified histologically. T(2)-WI hper-intensities, contralateral to the tetanized hemispheres, were observed with high frequency primary wet dog shakes (WEDS) in the DHPC-stimulated rats and with low frequency WEDS in the MTNC-stimulated rats. It seems likely that the same neural mechanisms are shared by chronic tetanization of the right HPC and the righ MTNC, involving the closed EC-HPC loop. Poor correlation between contralateral T(2)-WI hper-intensities and light primary behavioral seizures in the MTNC-stimulated rats might be attributed to a controlled information flow into or out of this loop because of potential EC gating. In addition, asymmetric T(2)-WI hyper-intensities in the LV area reflected a hemispheric dependence, contralateral to the electrogenic focus in our model of rat epilepsy.
Authors:
D Han; X R Zhang; Y F Tang; M L Liu; S J Yin
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Sheng li xue bao : [Acta physiologica Sinica]     Volume:  53     ISSN:  0371-0874     ISO Abbreviation:  Sheng Li Xue Bao     Publication Date:  2001 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2003-02-17     Completed Date:  2003-08-29     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  20730130R     Medline TA:  Sheng Li Xue Bao     Country:  China    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  224-30     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology, Medical College, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071. DanHLiLi@public.wuhan.cngb.com
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Electric Stimulation
Electrodes, Implanted
Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / etiology,  physiopathology*
Hippocampus / physiopathology*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Neocortex / physiopathology*
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley

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