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Neonatal sensory deprivation promotes development of absence seizures in adult rats with genetic predisposition to epilepsy.
Brain research - 4 Mar 2011
Sitnikova Evgenia
Abstract excerpt
Absence epilepsy has age-related onset. In a WAG/Rij rat genetic model, absence seizures appear after puberty and they are increased with age. It is known that (1) epileptic activity in WAG/Rij rats is initiated at the perioral area in the somatosensory cortex; (2) sensory deprivation, i.e., whisker trimming during the critical period of development, could enhance excitatory activity in the somatosensory cortex....
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