Electrocorticogram and behavior of electrically kindled epileptic rats
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    Objective The current study was aimed to establish an electrically amygdala kindling model of refractory epilepsy in Sprague-Dawley rats, and to study their changes of electrocorticagram(ECoG). Materials and methods Male Sprague-Dawley rats were used in the experiment. Two-polar electrode was implanted into the right amygdala stereotactically. Two weeks after the surgery, electrical stimulations were given to elicit the grade 4 seizure in all animals with the fast kindling protocol. Rekindling was administrated after the first kindling. The after discharge threshold(ADT) and the number of stimulus were reassessed in the two kindling protocols. ECoG and the behavior of the animals were recorded during the whole experiment. Result The changes of ECoG and behavior:Animals showed stage 1-3 seizure when the ADT was assessed. While during the kindling period, the animals showed generalized convulsion with stage 4-5 seizure. ECoG showed sharp waves, spike waves, sharp-slow waves and spike-slow waves. Statistical analysis showed that the ADT was not significantly increased at two weeks after kindling(from 83.33±22.29μA to 84.17±16.76μA, P=0.923). The number of stimulus given to elicit the stage 4 convulsion was not significantly increased as well(from 4.41±2.27 to 5.58±3.96, P=0.231). Conclusions Rapid kindling model of epilepsy in rats is an effective epilepsy model, which is stable for 2 weeks.

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  • Online: December 30,2015
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