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Query: UMLS:C0023380 (lethargy)
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The characterized nuclear cyclic AMP responsive element (CRE)- and activator protein 1 (AP-1) DNA-binding activities in various brain regions of lethargic (lh/lh) mice, a genetic model of absence seizures. Gel-shift assays showed that nuclear CRE- and AP-1 DNA-binding activities in the thalamus and cerebral cortex, but not in other regions such as the hippocampus and cerebellum of lethargic mice were significantly higher than those of non-epileptic control mice. Furthermore, CRE- and AP-1 DNA-binding activities in lethargic mice, but not control mice, were inhibited by the specific GABA(B) receptor antagonist CGP 46831, at a dose which suppressed seizure behavior and spike and wave discharges. These results suggest that enhanced nuclear CRE- and AP-1 DNA-binding activities in the thalamocortical region are related to generation and/or propagation of absence seizures in lethargic mice.
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PMID:Characterization of absence seizure-dependent cyclic AMP responsive element-and activator protein 1 DNA-binding activities in lethargic (lh/lh) mice. 1007 71