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Provedor de dados: | 42
País: | Brazil
Título: | The pilocarpine model of epilepsy: what have we learned?
Autores: | Scorza,Fulvio A.; Arida,Ricardo M.; Naffah-Mazzacoratti,Maria da Graça; Scerni,Débora A.; Calderazzo,Lineu; Cavalheiro,Esper A.
Data: | 2009-09-01
Ano: | 2009
Palavras-chave: | Hippocampus; Pilocarpine; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Rat.
Resumo: | The systemic administration of a potent muscarinic agonist pilocarpine in rats promotes sequential behavioral and electrographic changes that can be divided into 3 distinct periods: (a) an acute period that built up progressively into a limbic status epilepticus and that lasts 24 h, (b) a silent period with a progressive normalization of EEG and behavior which varies from 4 to 44 days, and (c) a chronic period with spontaneous recurrent seizures (SRSs). The main features of the SRSs observed during the long-term period resemble those of human complex partial seizures and recurs 2-3 times per week per animal. Therefore, the pilocarpine model of epilepsy is a valuable tool not only to study the pathogenesis of temporal lobe epilepsy in human condition, but also to evaluate potential antiepileptogenic drugs. This review concentrates on data from pilocarpine model of epilepsy.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652009000300003
Editor: | Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Relação: | 10.1590/S0001-37652009000300003
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências  v.81 n.3 2009
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess