Soares JI, Da Costa C, Ferreira MH, Andrade PA, Maia GH, Lukoyanov NV (2019) Partial depletion of septohippocampal cholinergic cells reduces seizure susceptibility, but does not mitigate hippocampal neurodegeneration in the kainate model of epilepsy. Brain Res 1717:235-246. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2019.04.027
Objective: To examine how the inhibition of epilepsy-related cholinergic plasticity may be reflected in seizure susceptibility and/or in the development of chronic epilepsy and its neurological consequences.
Summary: These data suggest that seizure-induced plasticity of cholinergic cells may indeed enhance seizure susceptibility and contribute to epileptogenic processes. They do not support the hypothesis that epilepsy-related hypertrophy of cholinergic neurons may potentiate hippocampal cell loss and respective behavioral impairments.
Usage: Bilateral lesions of cholinergic cells were made by infusing 0.5 μl of 192-IgG-saporin (0.08 μg/μl saline solution) into the hippocampus.
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