Publication Date:
1987-07-10
Description:
A dramatic and specific induction of c-fos was observed in identifiable neuronal populations in vivo after administration of the convulsant Metrazole. This effect was time- and dose-dependent and was abolished by prior treatment with the anticonvulsant drugs diazepam or pentobarbital. About 60 minutes after administration of Metrazole, c-fos messenger RNA reached a maximum and declined to basal levels after 180 minutes. A further decrease below that in normal brain was observed before a return to basal levels after 16 hours. While Metrazole still elicited seizures during this period, reinduction of c-fos was largely refractory. At 90 minutes, c-fos protein was observed in the nuclei of neurons in the dentate gyrus, and in the pyriform and cingulate cortices. Subsequently, c-fos protein appeared throughout the cortex, hippocampus, and limbic system. Thus, seizure activity results in increased c-fos gene expression in particular subsets of neurons.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Morgan, J I -- Cohen, D R -- Hempstead, J L -- Curran, T -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1987 Jul 10;237(4811):192-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3037702" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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*Brain Chemistry/drug effects
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DNA-Binding Proteins/biosynthesis/genetics
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Diazepam/pharmacology
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Fluorescent Antibody Technique
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Gene Expression Regulation
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Mice
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Mice, Inbred BALB C
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Neurons/metabolism
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Pentobarbital/pharmacology
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Pentylenetetrazole/antagonists & inhibitors/toxicity
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Proto-Oncogene Proteins/*biosynthesis/genetics
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Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos
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Receptors, GABA-A/drug effects
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Seizures/chemically induced/*metabolism
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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