Early developmental electroencephalography abnormalities, neonatal seizures, and induced spasms in a mouse model of tuberous sclerosis complex.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is one of the most common genetic causes of epilepsy. Seizures in TSC typically first present in infancy or early childhood, including focal seizures and infantile spasms. Infantile spasms in TSC are particularly characteristic in its strong responsiveness to vigabatrin. Although a number of mouse models of epilepsy in TSC have been described, there are very limited electroencephalographic (EEG) or seizure data during the preweanling neonatal and infantile-equivalent mouse periods. Tsc1^GFAP CKO mice are a well-characterized mouse model of epilepsy in TSC, but whether these mice have seizures during early development has not been documented. The objective of this study was to determine whether preweanling Tsc1^GFAP CKO

SUBMITTER: Rensing N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9417212 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature