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Investigating Cardiac Morphological Alterations in a Pentylenetetrazol-Kindling Model of Epilepsy
Epilepsy is a group of neurological disorders characterized by abnormal electrical activity in the central nervous system (CNS) and recurrent seizures representing the principal clinical manifestation. Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is the predominant cause of death in young epileptic p...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7344915/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32526953 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics10060388 |
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author | Akyuz, Enes Polat, Kristina Ates, Sukru Unalmis, Demet Tokpinar, Adem Yilmaz, Seher Kaymak, Emin Doganyigit, Zuleyha Villa, Chiara |
author_facet | Akyuz, Enes Polat, Kristina Ates, Sukru Unalmis, Demet Tokpinar, Adem Yilmaz, Seher Kaymak, Emin Doganyigit, Zuleyha Villa, Chiara |
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description | Epilepsy is a group of neurological disorders characterized by abnormal electrical activity in the central nervous system (CNS) and recurrent seizures representing the principal clinical manifestation. Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is the predominant cause of death in young epileptic patients. SUDEP patients displayed an increased cardiovascular (CV) risk, probably due to an impaired autonomic control of CV functions, but the underlying mechanisms need to be explored yet. Therefore, we aimed to examine the cardiac morphological alterations in a pentylenetetrazol (PTZ)-kindled rat model, a well-established tool for studying chronic epilepsy. To complete this, the distance between the atria, between the atrium and ventricle were measured, the heart was weighed, and the pathological morphology of dissected hearts was analyzed by histological assessment with hematoxylin and eosin staining. A significantly decreased distance between atria and a significant increase in heart weight were observed in PTZ-kindled rats which interestingly also displayed increased hemorrhagic content when compared with controls. Our findings provided evidence that changes in cardiac morphology may be related to autonomic CV dysfunctions occurring during SUDEP while also opening up more avenues to better develop novel drugs for the treatment of this disorder. |
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spelling | pubmed-73449152020-07-09 Investigating Cardiac Morphological Alterations in a Pentylenetetrazol-Kindling Model of Epilepsy Akyuz, Enes Polat, Kristina Ates, Sukru Unalmis, Demet Tokpinar, Adem Yilmaz, Seher Kaymak, Emin Doganyigit, Zuleyha Villa, Chiara Diagnostics (Basel) Article Epilepsy is a group of neurological disorders characterized by abnormal electrical activity in the central nervous system (CNS) and recurrent seizures representing the principal clinical manifestation. Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is the predominant cause of death in young epileptic patients. SUDEP patients displayed an increased cardiovascular (CV) risk, probably due to an impaired autonomic control of CV functions, but the underlying mechanisms need to be explored yet. Therefore, we aimed to examine the cardiac morphological alterations in a pentylenetetrazol (PTZ)-kindled rat model, a well-established tool for studying chronic epilepsy. To complete this, the distance between the atria, between the atrium and ventricle were measured, the heart was weighed, and the pathological morphology of dissected hearts was analyzed by histological assessment with hematoxylin and eosin staining. A significantly decreased distance between atria and a significant increase in heart weight were observed in PTZ-kindled rats which interestingly also displayed increased hemorrhagic content when compared with controls. Our findings provided evidence that changes in cardiac morphology may be related to autonomic CV dysfunctions occurring during SUDEP while also opening up more avenues to better develop novel drugs for the treatment of this disorder. MDPI 2020-06-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7344915/ /pubmed/32526953 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics10060388 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Akyuz, Enes Polat, Kristina Ates, Sukru Unalmis, Demet Tokpinar, Adem Yilmaz, Seher Kaymak, Emin Doganyigit, Zuleyha Villa, Chiara Investigating Cardiac Morphological Alterations in a Pentylenetetrazol-Kindling Model of Epilepsy |
title | Investigating Cardiac Morphological Alterations in a Pentylenetetrazol-Kindling Model of Epilepsy |
title_full | Investigating Cardiac Morphological Alterations in a Pentylenetetrazol-Kindling Model of Epilepsy |
title_fullStr | Investigating Cardiac Morphological Alterations in a Pentylenetetrazol-Kindling Model of Epilepsy |
title_full_unstemmed | Investigating Cardiac Morphological Alterations in a Pentylenetetrazol-Kindling Model of Epilepsy |
title_short | Investigating Cardiac Morphological Alterations in a Pentylenetetrazol-Kindling Model of Epilepsy |
title_sort | investigating cardiac morphological alterations in a pentylenetetrazol-kindling model of epilepsy |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7344915/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32526953 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics10060388 |
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