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ArticleEpilepsy research2012

Characterization of status epilepticus induced by two organophosphates in rats.

Marko S Todorovic, Morgan L Cowan, Corrinee A Balint, Chengsan Sun, Jaideep Kapur

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Article in Epilepsy research, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marko S TodorovicDepartment of Neurology, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA.
Morgan L Cowan
Corrinee A Balint
Chengsan Sun
Jaideep Kapur
University of Virginia · US

Funding

TREATMENT OF STATUS EPILEPTICUSR01NS040337 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI KAPUR, JAIDEEP · 2000 to 2021
$5.0M
Mechanism and Treatment of nerve agent-induced seizuresU01NS058204 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI KAPUR, JAIDEEP · 2006 to 2010
$2.3M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS040337NINDS NIH HHS U01 NS058204NINDS NIH HHS U01 NS58204
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Organophosphates (OPs) inhibit the enzyme cholinesterase and cause accumulation of acetylcholine, and are known to cause seizures and status epilepticus (SE) in humans. The animal models of SE caused by organophosphate analogs of insecticides are not well characterized. SE caused by OPs paraoxon and diisopropyl fluorophosphate (DFP) in rats was characterized by electroencephalogram (EEG), behavioral observations and response to treatment with the benzodiazepine diazepam administered at various stages of SE. A method for SE induction using intrahippocampal infusion of paraoxon was also tested. Infusion of 200nmol paraoxon into the hippocampus caused electrographic seizures in 43/52 (82.7%) animals tested; and of these animals, 14/43 (30%) had self-sustaining seizures that lasted 4-18h after the end of paraoxon infusion. SE was also induced by peripheral subcutaneous injection of diisopropyl fluorophosphate (DFP, 1.25mg/kg) or paraoxon (1.00mg/kg) to rats pretreated with atropine (2mg/kg) and 2-pralidoxime (2-PAM, 50mg/kg) 30min prior to OP injection. SE occurred in 78% paraoxon-treated animals and in 79% of DFP-treated animals. Diazepam (10mg/kg) was administered 10min and 30min after the onset of continuous EEG seizures induced by paraoxon and it terminated SE in a majority of animals at both time points. DFP-induced SE was terminated in 60% animals when diazepam was administered 10min after the onset of continuous EEG seizure activity but diazepam did not terminate SE in any animal when it was administered 30min after the onset of continuous seizures. These studies demonstrate that both paraoxon and DFP can induce SE in rats but refractoriness to diazepam is a feature of DFP induced SE.

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AnimalsAnticonvulsantsAtropineBrainDiazepamElectroencephalographyIsoflurophateMaleNeuronsParaoxonRatsRats, Sprague-DawleySeizuresStatus EpilepticusAnticonvulsantsAtropineDiazepamIsoflurophateParaoxon

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PMID22578704
PMCPMC3419801
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