Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is defined as the occurrence of spontaneous seizures that involve the limbic system, with the hippocampal formation and associated structures being central to the most prevalent refractory form of adult focal epilepsy. TLE is often associated with psychotic features resembling the hallucinations and delusions that occur with schizophrenia. Given evidence that the ventral hippocampus plays an important role in the maintenance of temporal lobe seizures, we investigated whether an animal model of TLE using intrahippocampal injection of pilocarpine induces alterations in mesolimbic dopamine neuron activity. We found that in 60% of rats in which pilocarpine induced seizure activity, there was a significant increase in the number of dopamine neurons firing per electrode track. Furthermore, this occurred in concert with an increase in amphetamine-stimulated locomotor activity. Both observations are similar to those observed in a rodent developmental model of psychosis. Therefore, as in animal models of schizophrenia, TLE-associated psychosis is probably due to abnormal hippocampal overdrive of dopamine neuron activity. © 2011 CINP.

Pilocarpine-induced temporal lobe epilepsy in the rat is associated with increased dopamine neuron activity / Cifelli, P.; Grace, A. A.. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. - ISSN 1461-1457. - 15:7(2012), pp. 957-964. [10.1017/S1461145711001106]

Pilocarpine-induced temporal lobe epilepsy in the rat is associated with increased dopamine neuron activity

Cifelli P.;
2012

Abstract

Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is defined as the occurrence of spontaneous seizures that involve the limbic system, with the hippocampal formation and associated structures being central to the most prevalent refractory form of adult focal epilepsy. TLE is often associated with psychotic features resembling the hallucinations and delusions that occur with schizophrenia. Given evidence that the ventral hippocampus plays an important role in the maintenance of temporal lobe seizures, we investigated whether an animal model of TLE using intrahippocampal injection of pilocarpine induces alterations in mesolimbic dopamine neuron activity. We found that in 60% of rats in which pilocarpine induced seizure activity, there was a significant increase in the number of dopamine neurons firing per electrode track. Furthermore, this occurred in concert with an increase in amphetamine-stimulated locomotor activity. Both observations are similar to those observed in a rodent developmental model of psychosis. Therefore, as in animal models of schizophrenia, TLE-associated psychosis is probably due to abnormal hippocampal overdrive of dopamine neuron activity. © 2011 CINP.
2012
Dopamine; electrophysiology; epilepsy; hippocampus; psychosis; ventral tegmental area; Action Potentials; Amphetamine; Analysis of Variance; Animals; Disease Models, Animal; Dopamine Agents; Dopaminergic Neurons; Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe; Hippocampus; Limbic System; Locomotion; Male; Muscarinic Agonists; Pilocarpine; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley
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Pilocarpine-induced temporal lobe epilepsy in the rat is associated with increased dopamine neuron activity / Cifelli, P.; Grace, A. A.. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. - ISSN 1461-1457. - 15:7(2012), pp. 957-964. [10.1017/S1461145711001106]
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