We employed in vitro and ex vivo imaging tools to characterize the function of limbic neuron networks in pilocarpine-treated and age-matched, nonepileptic control (NEC) rats. Pilocarpine-treated animals represent an established model of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Intrinsic optical signal (IOS) analysis of hippocampal-entorhinal cortex (EC) slices obtained from epileptic rats 3 wk after pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus (SE) revealed hyperexcitability in many limbic areas, but not in CA3 and medial EC layer III. By visualizing immunopositivity for FosB/Delta FosB-related proteins-which accumulate in the nuclei of neurons activated by seizures-we found that: (1) 24 h after SE, FosB/Delta FosB immunoreactivity was absent in medial EC layer III, but abundant in dentate gyrus, hippocampus proper (including CA3) and subiculum; (2) FosB/Delta FosB levels progressively diminished 3 and 7 d after SE, whereas remaining elevated (p < 0.01) in subiculum; (3) FosB/Delta FosB levels sharply increased 2 wk after SE (and remained elevated up to 3 wk) in dentate gyrus and in most of the other areas but not in CA3. A conspicuous neuronal damage was noticed in medial EC layer III, whereas hippocampus was more preserved. IOS analysis of the stimulus-induced responses in slices 3 wk after SE demonstrated that IOSs in CA3 were lower (p < 0.05) than in NEC slices following dentate gyrus stimulation, but not when stimuli were delivered in CA3. These findings indicate that CA3 networks are hypoactive in comparison with other epileptic limbic areas. We propose that this feature may affect the ability of hippocampal outputs to control epileptiform synchronization in EC.

Impaired activation of CA3 pyramidal neurons in the epileptic hippocampus / Biagini, Giuseppe; G., D'Arcangelo; Baldelli, Enrica; M., D'Antuono; V., Tancredi; M., Avoli. - In: NEUROMOLECULAR MEDICINE. - ISSN 1535-1084. - STAMPA. - 7:(2005), pp. 325-342. [10.1385/NMM:7:4:325]

Impaired activation of CA3 pyramidal neurons in the epileptic hippocampus

BIAGINI, Giuseppe;BALDELLI, Enrica;
2005

Abstract

We employed in vitro and ex vivo imaging tools to characterize the function of limbic neuron networks in pilocarpine-treated and age-matched, nonepileptic control (NEC) rats. Pilocarpine-treated animals represent an established model of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Intrinsic optical signal (IOS) analysis of hippocampal-entorhinal cortex (EC) slices obtained from epileptic rats 3 wk after pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus (SE) revealed hyperexcitability in many limbic areas, but not in CA3 and medial EC layer III. By visualizing immunopositivity for FosB/Delta FosB-related proteins-which accumulate in the nuclei of neurons activated by seizures-we found that: (1) 24 h after SE, FosB/Delta FosB immunoreactivity was absent in medial EC layer III, but abundant in dentate gyrus, hippocampus proper (including CA3) and subiculum; (2) FosB/Delta FosB levels progressively diminished 3 and 7 d after SE, whereas remaining elevated (p < 0.01) in subiculum; (3) FosB/Delta FosB levels sharply increased 2 wk after SE (and remained elevated up to 3 wk) in dentate gyrus and in most of the other areas but not in CA3. A conspicuous neuronal damage was noticed in medial EC layer III, whereas hippocampus was more preserved. IOS analysis of the stimulus-induced responses in slices 3 wk after SE demonstrated that IOSs in CA3 were lower (p < 0.05) than in NEC slices following dentate gyrus stimulation, but not when stimuli were delivered in CA3. These findings indicate that CA3 networks are hypoactive in comparison with other epileptic limbic areas. We propose that this feature may affect the ability of hippocampal outputs to control epileptiform synchronization in EC.
2005
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325
342
Impaired activation of CA3 pyramidal neurons in the epileptic hippocampus / Biagini, Giuseppe; G., D'Arcangelo; Baldelli, Enrica; M., D'Antuono; V., Tancredi; M., Avoli. - In: NEUROMOLECULAR MEDICINE. - ISSN 1535-1084. - STAMPA. - 7:(2005), pp. 325-342. [10.1385/NMM:7:4:325]
Biagini, Giuseppe; G., D'Arcangelo; Baldelli, Enrica; M., D'Antuono; V., Tancredi; M., Avoli
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