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Background: Traumatic epilepsy is defined by episodes of recurring seizures secondary to severe brain injury. Though drugs are found effective to control seizures, their long-term use have been observed to increase reactive oxygen species in animals. Flavonoid fisetin, a natural bioactive phytonutrient reported to exert anticonvulsive effect in experimental seizure models. But, trauma-induced seizures could not be prevented by anticonvulsants was reported in some clinical studies. Objective: To study the effect of fisetin on epileptiform electrographic activity in iron-induced traumatic epilepsy and also the probable reason behind the effect in rats. Methods: Fisetin pretreatment (20mg/kg body wt., p.o.) of rats for 12 weeks were chosen followed by injecting iron (5 mu l, 100mM) stereotaxically to generate iron-induced epilepsy. Experimental design include electrophysiological study (electroencephalograph in correlation with multiple unit activity (MUA) in the cortex and CA1 subfield of the hippocampus; spectral analysis of seizure and seizure-associated behavioral study (Morris water maze for spatial learning, open-field test for anxiety) and biochemical study (lipid peroxidation, Na+,K+-ATPase activity) in both the cortex and the hippocampus. Results: Fisetin pretreatment was found to prevent the development of iron-induced electrical seizure and decrease the corresponding MUA in the cortex (*P < 0.05) as well as in the hippocampus (***P < 0.001). Fisetin pretreatment decreased the lipid peroxides (*P < 0.05) and retained the Na+,K+-ATPase activity (*P < 0.05) which was found altered in the epileptic animals and also found to attenuate the seizure-associated cognitive dysfunctions. Conclusion: This study demonstrated the antiepileptic action of fisetin in iron-induced model of epileptic rats by inhibiting oxidative stress.
- 出版日期2017
