Effect of chronic transauricular kindled seizures on passive-avoidance test memory retention in rats / 浙江大学学报·医学版
Journal of Zhejiang University. Medical sciences
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(6): 419-423, 2006.
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in Chinese
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ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate effect of chronic transauricular kindled seizures on passive-avoidance test memory retention in rats.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Chronic transauricular kindled seizures was induced by repeated application of initially subconvulsive electrical stimulation through ear-clip electrodes once every 24 h until the occurrence of 3 consecutive clonic-tonic seizures. A passive avoidance test was used to measure memory retention ability. Morphological changes in neurons of hippocampal CA1 region was examined after HE staining. Histamine, gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and glutamate levels in the hippocampus were measured by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).</p><p><b>RESULT</b>Chronic transauricular kindled seizures impaired passive-avoidance test memory retention in rats. The damaged CA1 neurons were observed and histamine content in the hippocampus markedly decreased 24 h after the end of kindling in the chronic transauricular kindled rats.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Chronic transauricular kindled seizure impaired passive-avoidance test memory retention, and it might be due to the damaged CA1 neurons and a decrease of histamine in the hippocampus induced by epilepsy.</p>
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Main subject:
Pathology
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Seizures
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Avoidance Learning
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Histamine
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Rats, Sprague-Dawley
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Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
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Hippocampus
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Kindling, Neurologic
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Memory Disorders
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Metabolism
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Animals
Language:
Chinese
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Journal of Zhejiang University. Medical sciences
Year:
2006
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Article
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