Interrelations between the contents of transmitter amino acids in the brain structures and the level of convulsion readiness in rats
Tóm tắt
In rats with high and low levels of the audiogenic excitability (68 and 62 animals, respectivels, we measured the thresholds of convulsive reactions elicited by electrical stimulation of a few limbic and brainstem structures. The obtained figures were compared with the those of the levels of transmitter amino acids (glutamate, aspartate, glycine, and taurine) measured in the same brain structures in corresponding groups of the animals (80 rats in each group. It was found that the thresholds of convulsive reactions evoked by electrical stimulation of most tested brain structures are lower in the audiogenically excitable animals than those in the animals with high thresholds of the audiogenic excitability. These dissimilarities demonstrated certain correlation with increased glutamate concentrations in some structures under study and, probably, to a considerable extent depended on a deficiency of inhibitory amino acids, glycine and taurine, in most tested brain structures.
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