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    Suppressive effect of Rho-kinase inhibitors Y-27632 and fasudil on spike-and-wave discharges in genetic absence epilepsy rats from Strasbourg (GAERS)
    (SPRINGER, 2018) ONAT, FİLİZ; Carcak, Nihan; Yavuz, Melis; Karamahmutoglu, Tugba Eryigit; Kurt, Akif Hakan; Kucuk, Meral Urhan; Onat, Filiz Yilmaz; Buyukafsar, Kansu
    Rho/Rho-kinase (ROCK) signaling contributes to neuroinflammation, epileptogenesis, and seizures in convulsive-type epilepsies. However, this pathway has not been investigated in absence epilepsy. We investigated RhoA activity in genetic absence epilepsy rats from Strasburg (GAERS) and the effects of ROCK inhibitors Y-27632 and fasudil on spike-and-wave discharges (SWDs) of GAERS. ROCK level and activity were measured by Western blot analysis in the brain areas involved in absence seizures (i.e., cortex and thalamus) and hippocampus. Male GAERS were stereotaxically implanted with bilateral cortical electrodes for electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings and/or guide cannula into the right ventricle. ROCK inhibitors were administered by intraperitoneal injection (1-10mg/kg for Y-27632 or fasudil) or intracerebroventricular injection (7-20nmol/5l for Y-27632 or 10-100nmol/5l for fasudil). EEG was recorded under freely moving conditions. Compared with Wistar rats, GAERS exhibited increased RhoA activity in the somatosensory cortex but not in the thalamus or hippocampus. The single systemic administration of Y-27632 and fasudil partially suppressed the duration and frequency of absence seizure, respectively. However, local brain administration caused a widespread suppressive effect on the total seizure duration, number of seizures, and the average individual seizure length. In summary, Rho/ROCK signaling may be involved in the pathophysiology of absence epilepsy. Furthermore, ROCK inhibitors can control the expression of absence seizure in GAERS, thus indicating that Y-27632 and fasudil have the potential to be used as novel anti-absence drugs.
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    Electroencephalographic and behavioral effects of intracerebroventricular or intraperitoneal injections of toxic honey extract in adult Wistar rats and GAERS
    (SPRINGER-VERLAG ITALIA SRL, 2014) ONAT, FİLİZ; Kuru, Pinar; Torun, Merve; Halac, Hande Melike; Temiz, Gozde; Iskender, Ece; Karamahmutoglu, Tugba; Idrizoglu, Medine Gulcebi; Onat, Filiz Yilmaz
    Toxic honey, containing grayanotoxin, is obtained from nectar and polen of rhododendron. Consumed in excess it produces seizures and convulsions. In order to investigate whether the toxic honey extract can be used as a seizure model, we examined the electroencephalographic (EEG) and motor effects of intracerebroventricular (icv) or intraperitoneal (ip) injection of toxic honey extract in Wistar rats or in genetic absence epilepsy rats from Strasbourg (GAERS). Male Wistar rats or GAERS were stereotaxically implanted with bilateral cortical recording electrodes in all ip groups and cannula in the icv groups. Based on the previous study, an extract was obtained from the non-toxic and toxic honey. After the injection of the non-toxic or toxic honey extract, seizure stages and changes in EEG were evaluated from 9 am to noon. The icv administration of toxic honey extract produced stage 4 seizures and bilateral cortical spikes within 30-60 min and these effects disappeared after 120 min in Wistar rats or GAERS. The mean of bilateral cortical spike acitivity in EEG of Wistar rats was 804.2 +/- A 261.0 s in the 3-h period. After the icv administration of toxic honey extract to GAERS, the mean duration of spike-and-wave discharges (SWDs) in GAERS significantly decreased during the first 60 min and then returned to baseline level. Ip injection of toxic honey extract caused no seizure and no change in EEG in either GAERS or Wistars. These results suggest that the icv administration of toxic honey extract can be used as a seizure model.