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Modeling Encephalopathy of Prematurity Using Prenatal Hypoxia-ischemia with Intra-amniotic Lipopolysaccharide in Rats
Published on: November 20, 2015
[ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF THE NEOCORTEX IN ADULT RATS AFTER PRENATAL HYPOXIA AND IN EPILEPSY MODEL]
Abstract:
Changes in electrical activity of neocortex after prenatal hypoxia (day 14 of embryogenesis - E14, 7 % 02 for 3 hours) and these combined with intracortical microinjection of epileptogenic 4-aminopyridine (4-AP) have been studied in adult rats. We analyzed the frequency-time parameters of electrocorticogram (ECoG) during sleep and wakefulness as well as spike-wave discharge (SWD) in 4-AP-induced epileptiform model. The results showed that in rats subjected to prenatal hypoxia the theta rhythm had a lower frequency and sleep spindles were characterized by lower spectral power in low-frequency domain in comparison with the control group. In rats with prenatal pathology delayed onset of epileptiform activi- ty and altered frequency distribution of the spectral power of 4-AP-induced SWD were revealed.
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