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ReviewFrontiers in neurology2023

Adrenergic mechanisms of absence status epilepticus.

Evgenia Sitnikova

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Review in Frontiers in neurology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Evgenia SitnikovaInstitute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology · RU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Absence status epilepticus is a prolonged, generalized absence seizure that lasts more than half an hour. The mechanisms underlying the absence of status epilepticus are still not entirely understood. In this study, the study concentrates on alpha2-adrenergic mechanisms of absence status using the WAG/Rij rat model. In this model, a prolonged spike-wave activity was associated with a specific behavioral state in transition between sedation («alpha2-wakefulness»)-resembled absence status in human patients. Pharmacological activation of alpha2-adrenoreceptors may target the locus coeruleus (presynaptic alpha2-adrenoreceptors) and the thalamic part of the seizure-generating thalamocortical system (postsynaptic alpha2B-adrenoreceptors). The duration of EEG-behavioral correlates of absence status was not dose-dependent and was predetermined by the intensity of absence seizures at baseline. This model could help scientists better understand the underlying causes of absence status and develop more effective and personalized treatments for each individual.

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alpha2-adrenoreceptorsalpha2-wakefulnessdexmedetomidinegenetic rat modelspike-wave seizuresWAG/Rij rats

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PMID38073616
PMCPMC10703303
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