Differences in kindling development in seven outbred and inbred rat strains

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 551-559

  Löscher, Wolfgang ^a   Cramer, Sybille ^a   Ebert, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Epilepsy; Epileptogenesis; Genetics; Limbic system

Indexed keywords

AFTERDISCHARGE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPILEPTOGENESIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INBRED STRAIN; KINDLING; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032424869     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1998.6948     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Anisman H., Lu Z. W., Song C., Kent P., Mcintyre D. C., Merali Z. Influence of psychogenic and neurogenic stressors on endocrine and immune activity: Differential effects in fast and slow seizing rat strains. Brain Behav. Immun. 11:1997;63-74.
2. Applegate C. D., Burchfiel J. L., Neumann P. E. Genetic contributions to kindling: An experimental approach. Kindling 4. 1990;Plenum Press, New York. p. 113-125.
3. Applegate C. D., Di Fazio S., Spanknebel K., Burchfiel J. L., Neumann P. E. A classical genetic analysis of kindled seizure susceptibility in DBA/2J and C57/6J mice. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 14:1988;253.
4. Burchfiel J. L., Applegate C. D. Stepwise progression of kindling: Perspectives from the kindling antagonism model. Neurosci. Biobehav. Rev. 13:1989;289-299.
5. Burchfiel J. L., Applegate C. D. Forebrain and brainstem mechanisms governing kindled seizure development: A hypothesis. Wada J. Kindling 4. 1990;93-112 Plenum Press, New York.
6. Burnham W. M., Racine R. J., Okazaki M. O. Kindling mechanisms: II. Biochemical studies. Wada J. A. Kindling 3. 1986;283-300 Raven Press, New York.
7. Corcoran M. E., Weiss G. K. Noradrenaline and kindling revisited. Wada J. A. Kindling 4. 1990;141-156 Plenum Press, New York.
8. Freeman F. G., Jarvis M. F. The effect of interstimulation interval on the assessment and stability of kindled seizure threshold. Brain Res. Bull. 7:1981;629-633.
9. Goddard G. Development of epileptic seizures through brain stimulation at low intensity. Nature. 214:1967;1020-1021.
10. Goddard G. V., McIntyre D. C., Leech C. K. A permanent change in brain function resulting from daily electrical stimulation. Exp. Neurol. 25:1969;295-330.
11. Golden G. T., Smith G. G., Ferraro T. N., Reyes P. F. Rat strain and age differences in kainic acid induced seizures. Epilepsy Res. 20:1995;151-159.
12. Green R. C., Elizondo B. J., Seyfried T. N. Accelerated kindling in the mutant epileptic mouse E1. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 14:1998;252.
13. Greenhouse D. D., Festing M. F. W., Hasan S., Cohen A. L. Inbred strains of rats and mutants. Hedrich H. J. Genetic Monitoring of Inbred Strains of Rats. 1991;410-521 Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart.
14. Hedrich H. J. Inbred strains in biomedical research. Hedrich H. J. Genetic Monitoring of Inbred Strains of Rats. 1991;1-7 Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart.
15. Hedrich H. J., Wonigeit K. Einsatzbereiche und Bedeutung von genetisch definierten Inzuchtstämmen (Standard, congene und rekombinante Inzuchtstämme) und ihre genetische Überwachung. Gärtner K. Qualitätskriterien in der Versuchstierforschung. 1991;85-148 VCH, Weinheim.
16. Jimenez-Rivera C., Voltura A., Weiss G. K. Effect of locus ceruleus stimulation on the development of kindled seizures. Exp. Neurol. 95:1987;13-20.
17. Kokaia Z., Kelly M. E., Elmer E., Kokaia M., Mcintyre D. C., Lindvall O. Seizure-induced differential expression of mesenger RNA for neurotrophins and their receptor in genetically fast and slow kindling rats. Neuroscience. 75:1996;197-207.
18. Kosobud A. E., Crabbe J. C. Genetic correlations among inbred strain sensitivities to convulsions induced by 9 convulsant drugs. Brain Res. 526:1990;8-16.
19. Leech C. K., Mcintyre D. C. Kindling rates in inbred mice: An analog of learning. Behav. Biol. 16:1976;439-444.
20. Löscher W., Ebert U. The role of the piriform cortex in kindling. Progr. Neurobiol. 50:1995;427-481.
21. Löscher W., Ebert U., Wahnschaffe U., Rundfeldt C. Susceptibility of different cell layers of the anterior and posterior part of the piriform cortex to electrical stimulation and kindling: Comparison with the basolateral amygdala and "area tempestas." Neuroscience. 66:1995;265-276.
22. Löscher W., Schmidt D. Strategies in antiepileptic drug development: Is rational drug design superior to random screening and structural variation. Epilepsy Res. 17:1994;95-134.
23. Mcintyre D. C., Edson N. Facilitation of amygdala kindling after norepinephrine depletion with 6-hydroxydopamine in rats. Exp. Neurol. 74:1981;748-757.
24. McNamara J. O. Cellular and molecular basis of epilepsy. J. Neurosci. 14:1994;3413-3425.
25. Paxinos G., Watson C. The Rat Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates. 1986;Academic Press, Sydney.
26. Peterson S. L., Albertson T. E., Stark L. G., Joy R. M., Gordon L. S. Cumulative after-discharge as the principal factor in the acquisition of kindled seizures. Electroenceph. Clin. Neurophysiol. 51:1981;192-200.
27. Racine R. J. Modification of seizure activity by electrical stimulation: I. After-discharge threshold. Electroenceph. Clin. Neurophysiol. 32:1972;269-279.
28. Racine R. J. Modification of seizure activity by electrical stimulation: II. Motor seizure. Electroenceph. Clin. Neurophysiol. 32:1972;281-294.
29. Racine R. J., Burnham W. M., Gartner J. G., Levitan D. Rates of motor seizure development in rats subjected to electrical brain stimulation: Strain and inter-stimulation interval effects. Electroenceph. Clin. Neurophysiol. 35:1973;553-556.
30. Sanberg P. R., Ossenkopp K.-P. Kindling rates in Wistar rats: An analysis of individual differences. Physiol. Behav. 20:1978;205-207.
31. Sanberg P. R., Pisa M., McGeer E. G. Strain differences and kainic acid neurotoxicity. Brain Res. 166:1979;431-435.
32. Sato M., Racine R. J., McIntyre D. C. Kindling: Basic mechanisms and clinical validity. Electroenceph. Clin. Neurophysiol. 76:1990;459-472.
33. Savage D. D., Reigel C. E., Jobe P. C. Angular bundle kindling is accelerated in rats with a genetic predisposition to acoustic stimulus-induced seizures. Brain Res. 376:1986;412-415.
34. Tsunoda K., Mori N., Osonoe M., Ariga K., Saitoh H., Kittaka H., Ogata S. Different effect of hippocampal granule cell destruction on amygdaloid kindling in Sprague-Dawley and Wistar rats. Brain Res. 691:1995;18-24.
35. Tuominen R., Lee P., Xie C., Lewis D., Hong J. Rat strain differences (Fisher vs Sprague-Dawley) in kainic acid- and opioid-induced seizures. FASEB J. 3:1989;A292.