Glucose utilization during interictal intervals in an epilepsy model induced by pilocarpine: A qualitative study
Purpose: Interictal intervals in pilocarpine-induced chronic epilepsy are characterized by apparent normal electrographic activity and longer sleep periods or drowsiness or both. Sparse information exists concerning the neural network activity during these seizure-free intervals. in our research, al...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 1998 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) |
| Repositorio: | Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.unifesp.br:11600/25961 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1528-1157.1998.tb01288.x http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/25961 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | interictal pilocarpine epilepsy deoxyglucose rat |
| Sumario: | Purpose: Interictal intervals in pilocarpine-induced chronic epilepsy are characterized by apparent normal electrographic activity and longer sleep periods or drowsiness or both. Sparse information exists concerning the neural network activity during these seizure-free intervals. in our research, all [C-14]2-deoxy-D-glucose (2DG) autoradiographic technique was used to investigate interictal changes in the metabolism of the epileptic rat brain.Methods: Epileptic mts were monitored by video-EEG for similar to 120 days, with [C-14]2DG injected after a seizure-free interval of greater than or equal to 24 h.Results: Autoradiographic analysis revealed an increase in glucose utilization by several brain regions; the most consistent increase was found in the lateral posterior thalamic nucleus and prerectal region.Conclusions: These findings suggest that the lateral posterior thalamic nucleus and the prerectal region may be involved in cerebral circuits inhibiting epileptic activity during interictal intervals. |
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