Dysfunction of thermoregulation contributes to the generation of hyperthermia-induced seizures

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Febrile seizures (FS) are generally defined as seizures taking place during fever. Long-term prognosis, including development of epilepsy and malformation of cognitive function, has been demonstrated after infantile FS. However, the mechanism that triggers seizures in hyperthermic environment is still unclear. We here found that the body temperature of rat pups that experienced experimental FS was markedly decreased (∼28°C) after they were removed from the hyperthermic environment. Both the seizure generation and the temperature drop after seizure attack were abolished by either pre-treatment with chlorpromazine (CPZ), which impairs the thermoregulation, or by an electrolytic lesion of the preoptic area and anterior hypothalamus (PO/AH). However, the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug celecoxib did not affect the seizure incidence and the decrease in body temperature after seizure attack. In addition, pentobarbital prevented the generation of seizures, but did not reverse the decrease of body temperature after FS. Therefore, our work indicates that an over-regulation of body temperature occurs during hyperthermic environment, and that the dysfunction of thermoregulation in the PO/AH following hyperthermia contributes to the generation of FS.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2014

Erschienen:

2014

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:581

Enthalten in:

Neuroscience letters - 581(2014) vom: 03. Okt., Seite 129-34

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Feng, Bo [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Yang-Shun [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Bin [VerfasserIn]
Dai, Yun-Jian [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Ceng-Lin [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Zheng-Hao [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Xiang-Nan [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Shi-Hong [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Wei-Wei [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Zhong [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anticonvulsants
Body temperature
Chlorpromazine
Febrile seizure
Hyperthermia
I4744080IR
Journal Article
PO/AH
Pentobarbital
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Thermoregulation
U42B7VYA4P

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Date Completed 09.06.2015

Date Revised 16.09.2014

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.neulet.2014.08.037

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NLM241443083