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Curcumin inhibits amygdaloid kindled seizures in rats

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Journal Title:
CHINESE MEDICAL JOURNAL
Issue:
12
DOI:
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2009.12.015
Key Word:
curcumin;amygdala;kindling,neurologic;epileptogenesis

Abstract: Background Curcumin can reduce the severity of seizures induced by kainate acid (KA), but the role of curcumin in amygdaloid kindled models is still unknown. This study aimed to explore the effect of curcumin on the development of kindling in amygdaloid kindled rats.Methods With an amygdaloid kindled Sprague-Dawley (SD) rat model and an electrophysiological method, differentdoses of curcumin (10 mg·kg-1·d-1 and 30 mg·kg-1·d-1as low dose groups, 100 mg·kg-1·d-1 and 300 mg·kg-1·d-1 as high dose groups) were administrated intraperitoneally during the whole kindling days, by comparison with the course of kindling, afterdischarge (AD) thresholds and the number of Ads to reach the stages of class Ⅰ to Ⅴ seizures in the rats between control and experimental groups. One-way or two-way ANOVA and Fisher's least significant difference post hoc test were used for statistical analyses.Results Curcumin (both 100 mg·kg-1·d-1 and 300 mg·kg-1·d-1) significantly inhibited the behavioral seizure development in the (19.80±9.25) and (21.70±9.21) stimulations respectively required to reach the kindled state. Rats treated with 100 mg·kg-1·d-1 curcumin 30 minutes before kindling stimulation showed an obvious increase in the stimulation current intensity required to evoke AD from (703.3±85.9) μA to (960.0±116.5) μA during the progression to class Ⅴ seizures. Rats treated with 300 mg·kg-1·d-1 curcumin showed a significant increase in the stimulation current intensity required to evoke AD from (735.0±65.2) μA to (86±7.093.4) μA during the progression to class Ⅴ seizures. Rats treated with 300 mg·kg-1·d-1 curcumin required much more evoked Ads to reach the stage of class both Ⅳ (as (199.83±12.47) seconds) and Ⅴ seizures (as (210.66±10.68) seconds). Rats treated with 100 mg·kg-1·d-1 curcumin required much more evoked Ads to reach the stage of class V seizures (as (219.56±18.24) seconds). Conclusion Our study suggests that curcumin has a potential antiepiieptogenic effect on kindling-induced epileptogenesis.

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