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  • Title: A nerve growth factor peptide retards seizure development and inhibits neuronal sprouting in a rat model of epilepsy.
    Author: Rashid K, Van der Zee CE, Ross GM, Chapman CA, Stanisz J, Riopelle RJ, Racine RJ, Fahnestock M.
    Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A; 1995 Oct 10; 92(21):9495-9. PubMed ID: 7568161.
    Abstract:
    Kindling, an animal model of epilepsy wherein seizures are induced by subcortical electrical stimulation, results in the upregulation of neurotrophin mRNA and protein in the adult rat forebrain and causes mossy fiber sprouting in the hippocampus. Intraventricular infusion of a synthetic peptide mimic of a nerve growth factor domain that interferes with the binding of neurotrophins to their receptors resulted in significant retardation of kindling and inhibition of mossy fiber sprouting. These findings suggest a critical role for neurotrophins in both kindling and kindling-induced synaptic reorganization.
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