Biomedical subjects

Leonid S Godlevsky

Publications and source records attributed to Leonid S Godlevsky.

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PubMed2006

Are there different mechanisms of synchronization in the course of spike-wave discharges (SWDs) burst development in WAG/Rij rats?

In WAG/Rij rats the pair linear correlation r was calculated for bipolar recordings in fronto-temporal, fronto-occipital and occipito-temporal zones of both hemispheres as well as in paleocerebellar cortex (culmen). It was shown that development of SWD bursts resulted in interhemispheric decreases of correlation between the right occipito-temporal cortical region on one side, and left fronto-temporal on the contralateral side. Towards the end of SWD, we found an increased interhemispheric correlation between left fronto-temporal and right fronto-occipital cortical zones, as well as, between both fronto-temporal zones. Paleocerebellum correlates at a weak to moderate level during different periods of SWD burst generation.

Analysis of Variance↗

PubMed2006

Influence of transcranial magnetic stimulation on spike-wave discharges in a genetic model of absence epilepsy.

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) impulses, (0.5 Hz, 3 impulses) were presented at threshold intensity to male WAG/Rij rats. One group received stimuli, which involved motor responses of hindlimbs, rats of the second group received sham stimulation. Electrocorticograms (ECoG) were recorded before and up to 2 hr from the moment of transcranial magnetic stimulation. It was established that such stimulation engendered a reduction of spike-wave discharge (SWD) bursts duration. This effect was most pronounced in 30 min from the moment of cessation of stimulation, when a decrease of 31.4% was noted in comparison with sham-stimulated control group. The number of bursts of spike-wave discharges was reduced, but did not reach significant difference when compared both with pre-stimulative base-line level and with sham-stimulated control rats. Bursts of spike-wave discharges restored up to pre-stimulative level in 90-150 minutes from the moment of cessation of transcranial stimulation. It can be concluded that transcranical magnetic stimulation possessed an ability to engender short-time suppression of bursts of spike-wave discharges in WAG/Rij rats.

Action Potentials↗

PubMed2002

Causes and consequences of pathogenic processes in evolution: implications from experimental epilepsy in animals.

Examples from experimental epilepsy in animals are used to illustrate the view that a crucial role of the transfer of mechanisms from compensatory into pathogenic (e.g. lethal ones in the course of a disease), is played by the power of pathologic stimuli. In the genesis of epilepsy it is suggested that a critical increase of endogenous factors may underlie the conversion of the absence form of epilepsy into a generalized self-supporting form. The ability to precipitate endogenous self-augmenting mechanisms of diseases may have increased in the course of evolution. The lethal result of a serious pathogenic process leads to the suggestion that organisms cope with the disease by dying. This prevents spreading of the putative infectious disease within the population. This mechanism of disease aggravation could play a role in the survival of the species and in further evolutionary progress. This may explain why certain species may have survived in evolution and supports the theory of synthetic evolution.

Animals↗

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TNF-alpha in cerebral cortex and cerebellum is affected by amygdalar kindling but not by stimulation of cerebellum.

One group of male Wistar rats was kindled by electrical stimulation (ES) of the amygdala, one group was sham operated, while other rats were stimulated in the paleocortex of the cerebellum. The kindled generalized clonictonic seizures were followed by a net increase of the tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) content both in the cerebral cortex (from 34.7 +/- 6.0 to 76.7 +/- 6.9 pg/mg of wet brain tissue) and cerebellum (from 106.6 +/- 17.7 to 193.8 +/- 29.8 pg/mg of wet tissue) in comparison with the data from sham-operated animals. This effect was observed 24 h after the induction of the last kindled seizures. ES of the cerebellum (100 Hz) was not followed by any changes in TNF-alpha content in the cortex and cerebellum. Moreover, kindling was not followed by any changes in thiol/disulfide system, but ES of the paleocerebellum induced an increase in free thiol groups in the cortical tissue. It can be concluded that the increase in TNF-alpha content is specific for the kindling process and that the antiepileptic effects of cerebellar ES might be realized via an intensification of antioxidative processes in the neural tissue.

Amygdala↗