Effects of kindling in wheat germ agglutinin-horseradish proxidase labeling in neurons of the interamygdaloid pathway in rats
Por:
Martínez-Lorenzana G., Talavera-Cuevas E., Sánchez-Alvarez M., Condés-Lara M.
Publicada:
1 ene 2000
Resumen:
This paper describes in kindled rats an increment in wheat germ agglutinin-horseradish peroxidase labeling in anterior commissure, bed nuclei of stria terminalis and amygdala. Three groups of animals were analyzed: control, sham-operated and kindled animals with ten convulsive generalized seizures. Results show that kindled animals have an increase in fiber labeling in anterior commissure and in the bed nuclei of stria terminalis, as well as a greater number of labeled neurons in amygdala. This label enhancement is related to the hyperexcitability of neurons produced by epilepsy, and could be associated to the propagation and formation of secondary foci and related plastic changes occurring during kindling. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.
Filiaciones:
Martínez-Lorenzana G.:
Departamento de Neurofisiología, Centro de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Campus UNAM-Juriquilla, Apartado Postal 1-1141, Querétaro 76001, Mexico
Talavera-Cuevas E.:
Departamento de Neurofisiología, Centro de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Campus UNAM-Juriquilla, Apartado Postal 1-1141, Querétaro 76001, Mexico
División de Neurociencias, Instituto Mexicano de Psiquiatría, Mexico
Sánchez-Alvarez M.:
Departamento de Neurofisiología, Centro de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Campus UNAM-Juriquilla, Apartado Postal 1-1141, Querétaro 76001, Mexico
Condés-Lara M.:
Departamento de Neurofisiología, Centro de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Campus UNAM-Juriquilla, Apartado Postal 1-1141, Querétaro 76001, Mexico
División de Neurociencias, Instituto Mexicano de Psiquiatría, Mexico
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