Differential spatial patterns of fos induction following generalized clonic and generalized tonic seizures

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Samoriski, GM
Piekut, DT
Applegate, CD
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[1] UNIV ROCHESTER, SCH MED & DENT, DEPT NEUROL, ROCHESTER, NY 14642 USA
[2] UNIV ROCHESTER, SCH MED & DENT, DEPT NEUROBIOL & ANAT, ROCHESTER, NY 14642 USA
[3] UNIV ROCHESTER, SCH MED & DENT, COMPREHENS EPILEPSY PROGRAM, ROCHESTER, NY 14642 USA
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10.1006/exnr.1996.6368
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Q189 [神经科学];
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071006 ;
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The expression of generalized clonic and generalized tonic seizures has been suggested to result from the activation of different and independent neuronal circuits. Using the induction of the c-fos protein (Fos) as a marker of neuronal activity, we identified brain structures that are differentially associated with the expression of electroconvulsive shock-induced generalized clonic and generalized tonic seizures. Expression of either seizure phenotype resulted in a similar bilaterally symmetrical increase in Fos immunoreactivity in many forebrain structures, including the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, hippocampal dentate gyrus, amygdala, and piriform cortex, compared to controls. However, following tonic hindlimb extension (THE), the degree of labeling in specific thalamic, hypothalamic, and brain stem areas was significantly greater than that of either controls or animals exhibiting clonic seizures. While a greater number of neurons in the hypothalamus (e.g., ventromedial nucleus), subparafascicular thalamic nucleus, peripeduncular area, deep medial superior colliculus, dorsal and lateral central gray, and paralemniscal nuclei were robustly labeled following THE, noticeably fewer cells were immunoreactive following face and forelimb clonic seizure behaviors. These differences were also found to be independent of the stimulus magnitude. In animals stimulated with the same current intensity but expressing either of the two seizure phenotypes, the pattern of Fos induction was consistent with the seizure phenotype expressed. These results demonstrate that specific subsets of neurons are differentially activated following the expression of different generalized seizure behaviors and that activity in discrete mesencephalic and diencephalic structures is more frequently associated with the expression of generalized tonic seizures than with the expression of generalized clonic seizures. (C) 1997 Academic Press.
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