Seizure-like events in disinhibited ventral slices of adult rat hippocampus
Seizure-like events in disinhibited ventral slices of adult rat hippocampus
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DOI:
10.1152/jn.1999.82.5.2130
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发表时间:
1999-11-01
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
Jefferys, JGR
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作者:
Borck, C;Jefferys, JGR
Epileptic discharges lasting 2-90 s, were studied in vitro in slices from the ventral hippocampus of adult rats, in which inhibition was blocked acutely with bicuculline methiodide (BMI, 5-30 mu M) and potassium ([K+](o)) raised to 5 mM. These seizure-like events (SLEs) comprised three distinct phases, called here primary, secondary, and tertiary bursts. Primary bursts lasted 90-150 ms. Secondary bursts lasted a further 70-250 ms, comprising a short series of afterdischarges riding on the same depolarization as the primary burst. Finally a train of tertiary bursts started with a peak frequency of 5-10 Hz and could last >1 min. Slices from the ventral hippocampus showed significantly higher susceptibility to SLEs than did dorsal slices. SLEs proved sensitive to alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) receptor antagonists. They were insensitive to N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonists; 50 mu l D-2-amino-5-phosphonopentanoic acid (D-AP5) did block the transient secondary bursts selectively. SLEs were restricted to the hippocampus proper even if the entorhinal cortex was present. Entorhinal bursts could last