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Effects of a Combination of Transcranial DC Cerebellar Stimulation and Pioglitazone Administration on Pentylenetetrazole-Induced Seizures in Kindled Rats

Effects of a Combination of Transcranial DC Cerebellar Stimulation and Pioglitazone... In rats with the kindling syndrome induced by i.p. injections of pentylenetetrazole (PTZ; 35 mg/kg daily, for three weeks), the averaged latency of seizures induced by a test injection of PTZ (35 mg/kg) was significantly greater (by 42.2%, P < 0.05 vs. control) after a combination of pioglitazone administration (100 mg/kg, i.p.) and transcranial DC stimulation (tDCS, 300 μA, 10 min, cathode on the skull surface) oriented toward the cerebellar cortex. Also, combined using of tDCS and pioglitazone prevented the occurrence of generalized tonico-clonic seizure attacks in 8 out of 10 rats of the respective group (P < 0.05), reduced the seizure severity by 31.3% on average (P < 0.05), and made shorter ictal discharges (by 45.0%; P < 0.05). http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Neurophysiology Springer Journals

Effects of a Combination of Transcranial DC Cerebellar Stimulation and Pioglitazone Administration on Pentylenetetrazole-Induced Seizures in Kindled Rats

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Springer Journals
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Copyright © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2022
ISSN
0090-2977
eISSN
1573-9007
DOI
10.1007/s11062-022-09919-7
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Abstract

In rats with the kindling syndrome induced by i.p. injections of pentylenetetrazole (PTZ; 35 mg/kg daily, for three weeks), the averaged latency of seizures induced by a test injection of PTZ (35 mg/kg) was significantly greater (by 42.2%, P < 0.05 vs. control) after a combination of pioglitazone administration (100 mg/kg, i.p.) and transcranial DC stimulation (tDCS, 300 μA, 10 min, cathode on the skull surface) oriented toward the cerebellar cortex. Also, combined using of tDCS and pioglitazone prevented the occurrence of generalized tonico-clonic seizure attacks in 8 out of 10 rats of the respective group (P < 0.05), reduced the seizure severity by 31.3% on average (P < 0.05), and made shorter ictal discharges (by 45.0%; P < 0.05).

Journal

NeurophysiologySpringer Journals

Published: Mar 1, 2022

Keywords: transcranial DC stimulation (tDCS); cerebellum; pentylenetetrazole-induced seizures; kindling; peroxisomal proliferator-activated γ-receptors (PPARγ)

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