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ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2020

Spinal cord injury and its underlying mechanism in rats with temporal lobe epilepsy.

Jinjie Liu, Zanhua Liu, Guoliang Liu, Kai Gao, Hengjie Zhou, Yongbo Zhao, Hong Wang, Lin Zhang, Sibo Liu

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Article in Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Jinjie LiuGeneral Ward II, Affiliated Municipal Central Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning 116000, P.R. China.
Zanhua LiuDepartment of Neurology, Nanjing Gaochun People's Hospital, Gaochun, Nanjing 210000, P.R. China.
Guoliang LiuSurgical Intensive Care Unit, Dalian Municipal Central Hospital, Dalian, Liaoning 116000, P.R. China.
Kai GaoSurgical Intensive Care Unit, Dalian Municipal Central Hospital, Dalian, Liaoning 116000, P.R. China.
Hengjie ZhouSurgical Intensive Care Unit, Dalian Municipal Central Hospital, Dalian, Liaoning 116000, P.R. China.
Yongbo ZhaoDepartment of Neurology, The First People's Hospital of Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200000, P.R. China.
Hong WangGeneral Ward II, Affiliated Municipal Central Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning 116000, P.R. China.
Lin ZhangDepartment of Neurology, Affiliated Municipal Central Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning 116000, P.R. China.
Sibo LiuSurgical Intensive Care Unit, Dalian Municipal Central Hospital, Dalian, Liaoning 116000, P.R. China.
Dalian Municipal Central Hospital · CNDalian Medical University · CNGaochun People's Hospital · CNShanghai First People's Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Numerous cases of spinal cord injury following seizure have been previously reported. However, whether spinal cord injury is a common occurrence after seizures and its underlying mechanisms remain unclear. The present study generated a Sprague-Dawley rat model of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), and Nissl staining and transmission electron microscopy were used to detect tissue damage. In addition, Evans blue staining was used to detect damage to the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and albumin extravasation. In addition, double-staining was used to detect the association between neurons and extravasated albumin. Furthermore, neuronal degeneration was assessed using Fluoro-Jade C staining, while fluorescence staining and western blotting were used to detect apoptosis and inflammation. In the present study, spinal cord injury was only observed in rats with grade IV-V seizures, whereas Nissl staining showed structural damage and decreased neuronal cell numbers in the brain and the spinal cord. The present study identified BBB damage and albumin extravasation in rats of the TLE groups. Double-staining for albumin and neurons showed a significant match of neurons positive for albumin. Fluoro-Jade C staining indicated neuronal degeneration in the brain, but not the spinal cord in the TLE rats. High levels of caspase-3 were also detected in the injured spinal cord. A small number of albumin

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albuminbrain blood barrierinflammationseizurespinal cord injurytemporal lobe epilepsy

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