Slow and fast cortical cholinergic arousal is reduced in a mouse model of focal seizures with impaired consciousness
Sieu L, Singla S, Liu J, Zheng X, Sharafeldin A, Chandrasekaran G, Valcarce-Aspegren M, Niknahad A, Fu I, Doilicho N, Gummadavelli A, McCafferty C, Crouse R, Perrenoud Q, Picciotto M, Cardin J, Blumenfeld H. Slow and fast cortical cholinergic arousal is reduced in a mouse model of focal seizures with impaired consciousness. Cell Reports 2024, 43: 115012. PMID: 39643969, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.115012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCortical slow wavesFocal seizuresBehavioral responsesAuditory stimuliImpaired behavioral responsesFocal temporal lobe seizuresImpaired consciousnessMouse modelAwake mouse modelResponses to auditory stimuliBehavioral responses to auditory stimuliDecreased cortical arousalImpaired behaviorSlow wavesTemporal lobe seizuresCholinergic releaseModel of focal seizuresHigh-frequency activityCortical functionCortical arousalDepressed cortical functionSubcortical arousalArousalAcetylcholine releaseRat modelNeuronal rhythmicity and cortical arousal in a mouse model of absence epilepsy
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