Abstract |
Enkephalins released in basolateral nucleus of the amygdala in response to electrical stimulation were determined in amygdala kindled and nonkindled freely moving rats using microdialysis. Enkephalin release was enhanced after a single and repetitive electrical stimulation (233 and 130% above control levels, respectively) in nonkindled rats. In fully kindled rats, the extracellular enkephalin levels decreased (35% below the control levels) within the first 20 min after onset of stage V kindled seizures, reaching baseline level 40 to 60 min following the generalized seizure activity. HPLC analysis identified the majority of recovered immunoreactive material from the amygdala as Met-enkephalin. On the basis of our results it is suggested that the enhanced enkephalin release in the amygdala during the early kindling stages might have a suppressive effect which may represent a homeostatic mechanism to avoid the spread of the afterdischarge to other structures. The decreased extracellular level of enkephalin in the amygdala after stage V kindled seizures could reflect a general impairment of inhibitory mechanisms in this structure with subsequent production of seizure activity.
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Authors | L Rocha, N T Maidment, C J Evans, R F Ackermann, J Engel Jr |
Journal | Experimental neurology
(Exp Neurol)
Vol. 126
Issue 2
Pg. 277-83
(Apr 1994)
ISSN: 0014-4886 [Print] United States |
PMID | 7925825
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Amygdala
(drug effects, metabolism, physiology)
- Animals
- Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
- Electric Stimulation
- Electroencephalography
- Enkephalins
(metabolism)
- Kindling, Neurologic
- Kinetics
- Male
- Microdialysis
(methods)
- Potassium
(pharmacology)
- Radioimmunoassay
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Seizures
(metabolism)
- Time Factors
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