A Simple Quantitative Method for Analyzing Electrographic Status Epilepticus in Rats
A Simple Quantitative Method for Analyzing Electrographic Status Epilepticus in Rats
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DOI:
10.1152/jn.91062.2008
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发表时间:
2009-03-01
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
Dudek, F. E.
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Lehmkuhle, M. J.;Thomson, K. E.;Dudek, F. E.
Lehmkuhle MJ, Thomson KE, Scheerlinck P, Pouliot W, Greger B, Dudek FE. A simple quantitative method for analyzing electrographic status epilepticus in rats. J Neurophysiol 101: 1660-1670, 2009. First published January 7, 2009; doi:10.1152/jn.91062.2008. Electrographic status epilepticus (ESE) is a medical emergency consisting of repetitive seizures and may result in death or severe brain damage. Epilepsy can develop following ESE. The properties of ESE (e. g., duration and intensity) are variable, as are the effects of putative therapeutic treatments. Therefore a straightforward method to quantify different components of ESE would be beneficial for both researchers and clinicians. A frequency range close to the gamma band was selected for extraction of seizure-related activity from the EEG. This filtering strategy reduced motion artifacts and other noise sources in the electrophysiological recordings, thus increasing the signal-tonoise ratio of the EEG spike activity. EEG spiking was quantified using an energy operator and modeled by an eighth-order polynomial. In a benzodiazepine-resistant rat model of pilocarpine-induced ESE, the efficacy of various pharmaceutical agents at suppressing ESE was analyzed with this and other methods on data collected for