Pentylenetetrazol-induced seizures

EB Elizabeth L. Berg
SP Stela P. Petkova
HB Heather A. Born
AA Anna Adhikari
AA Anne E. Anderson
JS Jill L. Silverman
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Susceptibility to primary generalized seizures was behaviorally assessed by systemically administering 80 mg/kg pentylenetetrazol (PTZ; a GABAA receptor antagonist) via intraperitoneal injection and observing the timing and progression of the subsequent convulsions following a protocol described previously [58, 66, 67]. Immediately following injection of PTZ, animals were individually placed in a clean empty standard mouse cage (27 cm l × 16.5 cm w × 12.5 cm h) and watched carefully by a trained observer blinded to genotype and treatment condition. The latency to generalized clonus was recorded and analyzed using two-way ANOVA with genotype and IGF-2 treatment as between-group factors.

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