Main description:

Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Kindling, featuring valuable summaries of the participants' current cutting-edge research on the kindling of seizures and related phenomena in epilepsy.

Contents:

Developmental Temporal Lobe Epilepsy in Amygdala Kindled Kittens Prenatal Betamethasone Exposure Suppresses Kindling Epileptogenesis in Immature Rats- Development of Kindling in Immature Fast and Slow Kindling Rats- Neonatal Heat-Induced Convulsions Affect Behaviours in Neonatal, Juvenile and Adult Rats- Experimental Absence Versus Amygdaloid Kindling- Pentylenetetrazol-Induced Kindling As A Model Of Absence and Convulsive Forms of Epilepsy- SoDium Current Properties in Different Models of Epilepsy- Kindling the Gabaergic Penotype of the Glutamatergic Granule Cells- Hippocampal Kindling and GABAB Receptor Functions- Altered Interaction Between the Cortex and Hippocampus in Amygdala Kindled Rats- Nature and Consequences of Seizures Originating in the brainstem- Involvement of the Claustrum and Ventromedial Thalamus in Epileptogenesis- From Ultrastructure to Networks: Kindling- induced changes in Neocortex- Kindling as a Tool for Studying the Role of Subcortical Structures in Limbic Seizures- Kindling, Epilepsy, and the Plasticity of Network Synchronization- General Discussion 1- Electrophysiological and Anatomical Differences, Behavioural Comorbidities and Gene Expression in Fast and Slow Kindling Rat Strains- Gene Expression Changes in Kindling- A Proteomic Approach to the Molecular Analysis of Kindling- Amygdala Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors and kindling- Induction of B1 Bradykinin Receptors in the kindled Brain- Galanin and Kindling- Kindling, Neurotrophins and Axon-Guidance Factors- Conditional Deletion of TRKB Prevents Epileptogenesis in the Kidnling Model- Neuropeptide Y and Its Receptors in Kindling Epileptogenesis- Contribution of PreKindling Affective State to Hemispheric Differences in the Effects on Anxiety of Basolateral amygdala Kindling- Effects of Kindling on Spatial Memory: Characteristics and Mechanisms- A Potential Role for the Hippocampus in The Expression of Kindling-Induced Fear- Does Inadvertent Conditioning Contribute to the Major Features of Kindling?- Contingent Tolerance and Cross Tolerance to Anticonvulsant Effects in Amygdala-Kindled Seizures: Mechanistic and Clinical Implications- Mechanisms of Pharmacoresistance in the Phenytoin-Resistance Kindled Wistar Rat- Development of New Anticonvulsants Using the Kindling Model- Cannabinoids and Kindling- Low Frequency Sine Wage Stimulation Decreases the Incidence of Kindled Seizures- General Discussion 2- Predisposed Susceptibility in Primate Epileptogenesis and Anti-Epileptogenesis- Natural History of Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy With Hippocampal Sclerosis: How Does Kindling Compare with other commonly used animal Models- Clinical Evidence of Epilepsy-Related Plasticity- Pathological Sensitization of the Dopamine System in Experimental Epileptogenesis: Implication for the mechanism of Epileptic Psychosis