Corticotropin‐releasing hormone–induced seizures in infant rats originate in the amygdala
Annals of NeurologyPublished 1 May 1992Open access
Tallie Z. Baram, Édouard Hirsch, O. Carter Snead, Linda Schultz
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The neuroanatomical substrate of seizures induced by picomolar amounts of corticotropin‐releasing hormone in infant rats was investigated and it was found that seizures originate in the amygdala.
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The neuroanatomical substrate of seizures induced by picomolar amounts of corticotropin-releasing hormone in infant rats was investigated. Electrographic and behavioral phenomena were monitored in 42 rat pups aged 5 to 22 days. Rat pups carried bipolar electrodes implanted in subcortical limbic structures, as well as cortical electrodes and intracerebroventricular cannulae. The administration of corticotropin-releasing hormone produced age-specific seizures within minutes, which correlated with rhythmic amygdala discharges. Paroxysmal hippocampal and cortical discharges developed subsequently in some rats. Corticotropin-releasing hormone-induced electrographic and behavioral seizures originate in the amygdala.
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