title: Fos expression in GHB-induced generalized absence epilepsy in the thalamus of the rat.
abstract: Using the model of gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB)-induced generalized absence epilepsy, the present work investigated the distribution of fos oncoprotein expression in the rat thalamus with fos antibody immunohistochemistry. Thirty minutes after absence-like seizures, some fos-immunoreactive cell nuclei were found in bilateral thalamic paraventricular nuclei (PV). After a further 30 min, a massive bilateral induction of fos was observed in the lateral habenular nucleus (LHb), the PV, the rhomboid thalamic nucleus, and the intralaminar nuclei of the thalamus. These results suggest that the LHb and the midline and intralaminar thalamic nuclei may very likely be involved in the pathophysiology of absence seizures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xian, P.R. China.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ju
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Le Gal La Salle
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004832:Epilepsy, Absence / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000235:genetics*; D015870:Gene Expression; D016762:Genes, fos; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012978:Sodium Oxybate; D013788:Thalamus / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; D012978:Sodium Oxybate