Local circuit abnormalities in chronically epileptic rats after intrahippocampal tetanus toxin injection in infancy

Journal of Neurophysiology
K L SmithJ W Swann

Abstract

In vitro slice experiments were undertaken in adult rats to investigate the physiological origins of a chronic epileptic condition that was initiated in infancy. A unilateral injection of a minute quantity of tetanus toxin into hippocampus on postnatal day 10 produced a severe convulsive syndrome characterized by brief but repeated seizures that lasted for 5-7 days. Hippocampal slices were then taken from these rats in adulthood because at this time previous studies have shown the occurrence of electrographic and behavioral seizures. Dramatic alterations in local circuit functioning were observed. In normal artificial cerebrospinal fluid (ACSF), spontaneous epileptiform network bursts were recorded in a majority (73%) of experimental rats. Network bursts occurred in area CA3 of both the injected and contralateral hippocampus. These consisted of intracellular depolarization shifts that were coincident with extracellularly recorded network bursts. Often they occurred at frequencies of 0.05-0.1 Hz and although variable in amplitude and duration, had all-or-none-like qualities. These events appeared to arise largely from local circuits in the CA3C subfield. Network bursts were rarely recorded in area CA1 and were never observed in ...Continue Reading

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Aug 24, 2007·The European Journal of Neuroscience·John W SwannAdam T Mayer
Dec 7, 2000·Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews·J W Swann, J J Hablitz
Nov 15, 2000·Hippocampus·J W SwannC L Lee
Aug 29, 2000·Epilepsia·J W SwannR A Hrachovy

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