Article ; Online: Effects of early life seizures on coordination of hippocampal-prefrontal networks: Influence of sex and dynamic brain states.
2021 Volume 62, Issue 7, Page(s) 1701–1714
Abstract: Objective: Early life seizures (ELSs) alter activity-dependent maturation of neuronal circuits underlying learning and memory. The pathophysiological mechanisms underpinning seizure-induced cognitive impairment are not fully understood, and critical ... ...
Abstract | Objective: Early life seizures (ELSs) alter activity-dependent maturation of neuronal circuits underlying learning and memory. The pathophysiological mechanisms underpinning seizure-induced cognitive impairment are not fully understood, and critical variables such as sex and dynamic brain states with regard to cognitive outcomes have not been explored. We hypothesized that in comparison to control (CTL) rats, ELS rats would exhibit deficits in spatial cognition correlating with impaired dynamic neural signal coordination between the hippocampus and medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC). Methods: Male and female rat pups were given 50 flurothyl-induced seizures over 10 days starting at postnatal Day 15. As adults, spatial cognition was tested through active avoidance on a rotating arena. Microwire tetrodes were implanted in the mPFC and CA1 subfield. Single cells and local field potentials were recorded and analyzed in each region during active avoidance and sleep. Results: ELS males exhibited avoidance impairments, whereas female rats were unaffected. During avoidance, hippocampus-mPFC coherence was higher in CTL females than CTL males across bandwidths. In comparison to CTL males, ELS male learners exhibit increased coherence within theta bandwidth as well as altered burst-timing in mPFC cell activity. Hippocampus-mPFC coherence levels are predictive of cognitive outcome in the active avoidance spatial task. Significance: Spatial cognitive outcome post-ELS is sex-dependent, as females fare better than males. ELS males that learn the task exhibit increased mPFC coherence levels at low-theta frequency, which may compensate for ELS effects on mPFC cell timing. These results suggest that coherence may serve as a biomarker for spatial cognitive outcome post-ELS and emphasize the significance of analyzing sex and dynamic cognition as variables in understanding seizure effects on the developing brain. |
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MeSH term(s) | Animals ; Avoidance Learning ; Brain/pathology ; Brain/physiopathology ; CA1 Region, Hippocampal/pathology ; Cognition ; Convulsants ; Electrodes, Implanted ; Electroencephalography ; Female ; Flurothyl ; Hippocampus/pathology ; Male ; Maze Learning ; Nerve Net/pathology ; Prefrontal Cortex/pathology ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Seizures/chemically induced ; Seizures/pathology ; Seizures/psychology ; Sex Characteristics ; Sleep ; Space Perception ; Theta Rhythm |
Chemical Substances | Convulsants ; Flurothyl (9Z467FG2YK) |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2021-05-17 |
Publishing country | United States |
Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural |
ZDB-ID | 216382-2 |
ISSN | 1528-1167 ; 0013-9580 |
ISSN (online) | 1528-1167 |
ISSN | 0013-9580 |
DOI | 10.1111/epi.16927 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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