Publication year
2004Publisher
Nijmegen : NICI
ISBN
9080859915
In
Luijtelaar, E.L.J.M. van; Kuznetsova, G.D.; Coenen, A.M.L. (ed.), The WAG/Rij model of absence epilepsy: the Nijmegen - Russian Federation papers, pp. 149-161Publication type
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Editor(s)
Luijtelaar, E.L.J.M. van
Kuznetsova, G.D.
Coenen, A.M.L.
Chepurnov, S.A.
Organization
SW OZ DCC SMN
Former Organization
SW OZ NICI BI
Book title
Luijtelaar, E.L.J.M. van; Kuznetsova, G.D.; Coenen, A.M.L. (ed.), The WAG/Rij model of absence epilepsy: the Nijmegen - Russian Federation papers
Page start
p. 149
Page end
p. 161
Subject
Cognitive neuroscienceAbstract
Previously, it was found that progesterone aggravates spike-wave discharges (SWD) in WAG/Rij rats in a non-genomic way. In order to elucidate whether the regulatory effect of progesterone depends on its conversion to allopregnanolone, the effect of finasteride, a 5?-reductase inhibitor, on progesterone-induced increase in SWD was studied in the same model for absence epilepsy. Progesterone (10 and 20 mg/kg, i.p.) dose-dependently increased the number of SWD (by 54 and 97 %, respectively) during the first hour post-injection. Pretreatment of rats with finasteride (50 mg/kg, s.c.) blocked the progesterone-induced enhancement of SWD. Finasteride alone had no effect on the number of SWD, up to 24 hours following its administration. It is concluded that finasteride blocked the progesterone-induced increase in SWD, which indicates that this action of progesterone is mediated by its neuroactive metabolite allopregnanolone.
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