PMID- 15123019 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20040719 LR - 20131121 IS - 1525-5050 (Print) IS - 1525-5050 (Linking) VI - 5 IP - 2 DP - 2004 Apr TI - Long-term behavioral and morphological consequences of nonconvulsive status epilepticus in rats. PG - 180-91 AB - The aims of the present study were to ascertain whether nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) could give rise to long-term behavioral deficits and permanent brain damage. Two months after NCSE was elicited with pilocarpine (15 mg/kg i.p.) in LiCl-pretreated adult male rats, animals were assigned to either behavioral (spontaneous behavior, social interaction, elevated plus-maze, rotorod, and bar-holding tests) or EEG studies. Another group of animals was sacrificed and their brains were processed for Nissl and Timm staining as well as for parvalbumin and calbindin immunohistochemistry. Behavioral analysis revealed motor deficits (shorter latencies to fall from rotorod as well as from bar) and disturbances in the social behavior of experimental animals (decreased interest in juvenile conspecific). EEGs showed no apparent abnormalities. Quantification of immunohistochemically stained sections revealed decreased amounts of parvalbumin- and calbindin-immunoreactive neurons in the motor cortex and of parvalbumin-positive neurons in the dentate gyrus. Despite relatively inconspicuous manifestations, NCSE may represent a risk for long-term deficits. FAU - Krsek, Pavel AU - Krsek P AD - Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Videnska 1083, CZ 142 20 Prague 4, Czech Republic. FAU - Mikulecka, Anna AU - Mikulecka A FAU - Druga, Rastislav AU - Druga R FAU - Kubova, Hana AU - Kubova H FAU - Hlinak, Zdenek AU - Hlinak Z FAU - Suchomelova, Lucie AU - Suchomelova L FAU - Mares, Pavel AU - Mares P LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Epilepsy Behav JT - Epilepsy & behavior : E&B JID - 100892858 RN - 0 (Calbindins) RN - 0 (Convulsants) RN - 0 (Parvalbumins) RN - 0 (S100 Calcium Binding Protein G) RN - 01MI4Q9DI3 (Pilocarpine) RN - G4962QA067 (Lithium Chloride) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Arousal/physiology MH - Behavior, Animal/*physiology MH - Brain/drug effects/pathology/physiopathology MH - Brain Damage, Chronic/chemically induced/pathology/*physiopathology MH - Brain Mapping MH - Calbindins MH - Convulsants MH - *Electroencephalography MH - Limbic System/pathology/physiopathology MH - Lithium Chloride MH - Male MH - Maze Learning/physiology MH - Motor Activity/physiology MH - Motor Skills/physiology MH - Neocortex/pathology/physiopathology MH - Parvalbumins/analysis MH - Pilocarpine MH - Postural Balance/physiology MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Reaction Time/physiology MH - S100 Calcium Binding Protein G/analysis MH - Social Behavior MH - Status Epilepticus/chemically induced/pathology/*physiopathology MH - Video Recording EDAT- 2004/05/05 05:00 MHDA- 2004/07/20 05:00 CRDT- 2004/05/05 05:00 PHST- 2003/07/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2003/11/24 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2003/11/25 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2004/05/05 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2004/07/20 05:00 [medline] PHST- 2004/05/05 05:00 [entrez] AID - S1525505003003913 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.yebeh.2003.11.032 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Epilepsy Behav. 2004 Apr;5(2):180-91. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2003.11.032.