Pathogenetic factors of experimental photogenic epilepsy

Autor: Kryzhanovskiĭ Gn, Konnikov Ba, Rekhtman Mb
Rok vydání: 1979
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Zdroj: Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine. 87:8-12
ISSN: 1573-8221
0007-4888
DOI: 10.1007/bf00802340
Popis: The character of formation of an experimental syndrome of photogenic epilepsy, obtained by creating a generator of pathologically enhanced excitation in the lateral geniculate body by local injection of tetanus toxin, was studied in chronic experiments on rats. The initial manifestations appearing in the animals were shown to be due to pathological enhancement of specific sensory excitation in the lateral geniculate body and to be accompanied by a marked increase in amplitude of the evoked potential in the visual cortex. The subsequent development of a neuropathological syndrome was connected with diffuse disturbances of rhythmic electrical activity of the brain, characteristic of a state of increased epileptic predisposition in the experimental animals. The results of these experiments indicate an important role of specific and nonspecific factors of epileptogenesis in the formation of experimental photogenic epilepsy.
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