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- Title
Protective role of ATP-sensitive potassium channels in hypoxia-induced generalized seizure.
- Authors
Yamada, K; Ji, J J; Yuan, H; Miki, T; Sato, S; Horimoto, N; Shimizu, T; Seino, S; Inagaki, N
- Abstract
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channels are activated by various metabolic stresses, including hypoxia. The substantia nigra pars reticulata (SNr), the area with the highest expression of K(ATP) channels in the brain, plays a pivotal role in the control of seizures. Mutant mice lacking the Kir6.2 subunit of K(ATP) channels [knockout (KO) mice] were susceptible to generalized seizures after brief hypoxia. In normal mice, SNr neuron activity was inactivated during hypoxia by the opening of the postsynaptic K(ATP) channels, whereas in KO mice, the activity of these neurons was enhanced. K(ATP) channels exert a depressant effect on SNr neuronal activity during hypoxia and may be involved in the nigral protection mechanism against generalized seizures.
- Publication
Science (New York, N.Y.), 2001, Vol 292, Issue 5521, p1543
- ISSN
0036-8075
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1126/science.1059829