Remote effects of short-term neonatal hyperthermia in Krushinsky-Molodkina rats prone to audiogenic seizures strain.

Using the audiogenic seizure prone Krushinsky-Molodkina rat strain, it was demonstrated that short-term (5 min) exposure of 14-day-old pups to an elevated temperature (42°C) resulted in a significant decrease in audiogenic seizure severity at the age of 1 month. Presumably, this effect is determined by the activation of the heat-shock protein system (stress proteins).

[Levetiracetam modifies the pattern of audiogenic locomotive response in Wistar and Krushinsky-Molodkina strain rats].

The novel antiepileptic drug levetiracetam (keppra, 80 mg/kg, i.p.) produces a pronounced anticonvulsant effect on all parameters of the audiogenic locomotion response in Wistar rats, leading to the prevention of acoustic seizures approximately in 50% animals. Keppra injection also led to a decrease in the intensity of single audiogenic convulsive episode, a twofold prolongation of the latency of motor reaction, and a change in the pattern of seizure reaction toward increasing number of rats with "one-wave" response. In contrast, a lack of sound resistant animals and the change from one- to two-wave audiogenic response were observed in Krushinsky-Molodkina strain rats.

[The investigation of cataleptic muscle tonus changes in rats after audiogenic seizures].

The duration and severity of cataleptic freezing after audiogenic seizures were investigated in rats of several genotypes with different predisposition to audiogenic epilepsy. These genotypes were the Krushinsky-Molodkina strain (KM--the audiogenic seizure prone strain), the Wistar and two new substrains selected from hybrids KM x Wistar for high ("4") and low ("0") audiogenic seizure susceptibility. The drug injections, which modulated the audiogenic fit severity, induced the changes in catalepsy too. It was found, that in intact animals cataleptic freezing developed after audiogenic seizures only and was more intense after severe seizures, the correlation coefficient being statistically significant. Levetiracetam (anticonvulsant drug) injections resulted in significant decrease of audiogenic fit severity and cataleptic state in Wistar and KM rats. Caffeine injections resulted in audiogenic seizures accompanied by cataleptic freezing in rats of the substrain "0", selected for audiogenic non-pronness.

[The effect of difenin, valproate and phenobarbital on the development of an epileptiform seizure attack in Krushinskii-Molodkina rats]. / Vliianie difenina, val'proata i pentobarbitala na razvitie épileptiformnogo sudorozhnaogo pripadka u krys linii Krushinskogo--Molodkinoi.

The anticonvulsant action of diphenin, sodium valproate, and pentobarbital was studied in Krushinskii-Molodkina (KM) rats subjected to audiogenic seizures. The anticonvulsant effects of the drugs were different and dose-dependent. Valproate in a dose of 120 mg/kg completely eliminated the tonic phase of seizures. Given in a dose of 300 mg/kg it in 50% of cases prevented from the development of the initial seizure stage of motor excitation. The peculiarity of the pentobarbital action consisted in its ability to change the character of motor excitation during sound stimulation from the one-wave reaction for the two-wave.

[The effect of lamotrigine and carbamazepine on the development of the audiogenic seizure reaction in rats of the Krushinskii-Molodkina strain]. / Vliianie lamotridzhina i karbamazepina na razvitie audiogennoi sudorozhnoi reaktsii u krys linii Krushinskogo--Molodkinoi.

The effect of Lamotrigine and carbamazepine on the development and character of the epileptiform seizures after strong sonic stimulation were studied on Krushinskii-Molodkina line of rats. Both drugs manifested a dose-dependent increase in the latency of motor reaction Lamotrigine administration in the dose range of 5-40 mg/kg, i.p., resulted in a moderate decrease in the seizure intensity preventing predominantly the tonic component of the seizure and failed to modify the character of convulsive reaction. Carbamazepine administered in doses of 7.5-30 mg/kg effectively prevented the epileptiform seizures. The "two-wave" motor reaction was observed in 15% of carbamazepine-treated rats.