ALTERATIONS IN THE MICROENVIRONMENT DURING SPREADING DEPRESSION ASSOCIATED WITH EPILEPTIFORM ACTIVITY IN THE IMMATURE NEOCORTEX
ALTERATIONS IN THE MICROENVIRONMENT DURING SPREADING DEPRESSION ASSOCIATED WITH EPILEPTIFORM ACTIVITY IN THE IMMATURE NEOCORTEX
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DOI:
10.1016/0165-3806(89)90288-5
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发表时间:
1989-04-01
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HEINEMANN, U
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HABLITZ, JJ;HEINEMANN, U
Local changes in extracellular ion concentrations were measured with ion-sensitive microelectrodes in slices of mature (>40 days of age) or immature (16-30 days of age) rat neocortex maintained in vitro. Repetitive stimulation resulted in increases in extracellular potassium ([K+]o) to levels of 8.85 .+-. 2.1 mM in slices form adult animals and 12.77 .+-. 1.8 mM in slices from immature animals. During exposure to picrotoxin, maximum levels were 11.3 .+-. 2.6 and 14.8 .+-. 2.5 mM in the mature and immature groups, respectively. Picrotoxin (50 .mu.M) induced spontaneous bursts of repetitive spiking, following by a slow, negative field potential, associated with spreading depression (SD), in slices from immature animals. [K+]o levels increased to 10.2 .+-. 3.9 mM during repetitive spike discharges and reached 30.3 .+-. 18.5 mM during SDs. Variations in the size of the extracellular space (ES) were examined during SD. The ES was found to reversibly decrease by 39 .+-. 4.5%. Clusters of repetitive spikes were associated with 0.1-0.2 mM decreases in [Ca2+]o, whereas 1.12 .+-. 0.06 mM decreases were observed during SDs. Decreases in [Na+]o and [Cl-]o of 56 .+-. 10 mM and 41 .+-. 9 mM, respectively, were observed during SDs suggesting that a net transmembrane movement of water occurred during SDs. These results indicate that changes in [K+]o associated with epileptiform activity in the immature nervous system are quantitatively different from those observed in the mature brain. These large increases in [K+]o may contribute to the prolonged nature of epileptiform discharges in the developing nervous system.