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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

Effects of Lacosamide Treatment on Epileptogenesis, Neuronal Damage and Behavioral Comorbidities in a Rat Model of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy.

Michaela Shishmanova-Doseva, Dimitrinka Atanasova, Yordanka Uzunova, Lyubka Yoanidu, Lyudmil Peychev, Pencho Marinov, Jana Tchekalarova

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Michaela Shishmanova-DosevaDepartment of Pharmacology Toxicology and Pharmacotherapy, Medical University-Plovdiv, 4002 Plovdiv, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0003-1053-8966
Dimitrinka AtanasovaInstitute of Neurobiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0003-1745-7755
Yordanka UzunovaDepartment of Bioorganic Chemistry, Medical University-Plovdiv, 4002 Plovdiv, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0002-6423-5998
Lyubka YoaniduDepartment of Bioorganic Chemistry, Medical University-Plovdiv, 4002 Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Lyudmil PeychevDepartment of Pharmacology Toxicology and Pharmacotherapy, Medical University-Plovdiv, 4002 Plovdiv, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0001-6258-410X
Pencho MarinovInstitute of Information and Communication Technologies, BAS, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria.
Jana TchekalarovaInstitute of Neurobiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0003-1640-5099
Medical University Plovdiv · BGBulgarian Academy of Sciences · BGInstitute of Information and Communication Technologies · BGTrakia University · BG

Funding

Medical University - Plovdiv, Bulgaria Grant No. 6/2018
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clinically, temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is the most prevalent type of partial epilepsy and often accompanied by various comorbidities. The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of chronic treatment with the antiepileptic drug (AED) lacosamide (LCM) on spontaneous motor seizures (SMS), behavioral comorbidities, oxidative stress, neuroinflammation, and neuronal damage in a model of TLE. Vehicle/LCM treatment (30 mg/kg, p.o.) was administered 3 h after the pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus (SE) and continued for up to 12 weeks in Wistar rats. Our study showed that LCM attenuated the number of SMS and corrected comorbid to epilepsy impaired motor activity, anxiety, memory, and alleviated depressive-like responses measured in the elevated plus maze, object recognition test, radial arm maze test, and sucrose preference test, respectively. This AED suppressed oxidative stress through increased superoxide dismutase activity and glutathione levels, and alleviated catalase activity and lipid peroxidation in the hippocampus. Lacosamide treatment after SE mitigated the increased levels of IL-1β and TNF-α in the hippocampus and exerted strong neuroprotection both in the dorsal and ventral hippocampus, basolateral amygdala, and partially in the piriform cortex. Our results suggest that the antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and neuroprotective activity of LCM is an important prerequisite for its anticonvulsant and beneficial effects on SE-induced behavioral comorbidities.

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AnimalsAnticonvulsantsAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalAntioxidantsBehavior, AnimalDisease Models, AnimalEpilepsy, Temporal LobeHippocampusLacosamideMaleNeuronsNeuroprotective AgentsOxidative StressPilocarpineRatsRats, WistarAnticonvulsantsAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalAntioxidantsLacosamideNeuroprotective AgentsPilocarpinehippocampusinflammationlacosamideneuronal lossoxidative stresspilocarpine

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PMID33925082
PMCPMC8124899
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