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Experimental neonatal status epilepticus and the development of temporal lobe epilepsy with unilateral hippocampal sclerosis.

Abstract
Hippocampal sclerosis is a common pathological finding in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy, including children, but a causal relationship to early-life seizures remains in question. Neonatal status epilepticus in animals can result in neuronal death within the hippocampus, although macroscopic features of hippocampal shrinkage are not evident at adulthood. Here, we examined electrophysiological and pathological consequences of focally evoked status epilepticus triggered by intra-amygdala microinjection of kainic acid in postnatal day 10 rat pups. Neonatal status epilepticus resulted in extensive neuronal death in the ipsilateral hippocampal CA1 and CA3 subfields and hilus, as assessed by DNA fragmentation and Fluoro-Jade B staining 72 hours later. The contralateral hippocampus was not significantly damaged. Histopathology at P55/P65 revealed unilateral hippocampal sclerosis (grade IV, modified Wyler/Watson scale) comprising >50% CA1 and CA3 neuron loss and astrogliosis. Additional features included hydrocephalus ex vacuo, modest dentate granule cell layer widening, and altered neuropeptide Y immunoreactivity indicative of synaptic rearrangement. Hippocampal atrophy was also evident on magnetic resonance imaging. Depth electrode recordings at adulthood detected spontaneous seizures that involved the ipsilateral hippocampus and amygdala. A significant positive correlation was found between hippocampal pathology grade and both frequency and duration of epileptic seizures at adulthood. The current study demonstrates that experimental neonatal status epilepticus can result in classical unilateral hippocampal sclerosis and temporal lobe epilepsy.
AuthorsMark Dunleavy, Sachiko Shinoda, Clara Schindler, Claire Ewart, Ross Dolan, Oliviero L Gobbo, Christian M Kerskens, David C Henshall
JournalThe American journal of pathology (Am J Pathol) Vol. 176 Issue 1 Pg. 330-42 (Jan 2010) ISSN: 1525-2191 [Electronic] United States
PMID19948825 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Neuropeptide Y
Topics
  • Aging (pathology)
  • Amygdala (pathology)
  • Animals
  • Animals, Newborn
  • Cell Death
  • Cell Shape
  • Electroencephalography
  • Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe (complications, pathology)
  • Female
  • Hippocampus (metabolism, pathology)
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Neurons (pathology)
  • Neuropeptide Y (metabolism)
  • Phenotype
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Sclerosis
  • Status Epilepticus (chemically induced, complications, pathology)

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