A novel approach for imaging brain-behavior relationships in mice reveals unexpected metabolic patterns during seizures in the absence of tissue plasminogen activator

Martine M. Mirrione; Wynne K. Schiffer; Joanna S. Fowler; Dave L. Alexoff; Stephen L. Dewey; Stella E. Tsirka

doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.06.032

A novel approach for imaging brain-behavior relationships in mice reveals unexpected metabolic patterns during seizures in the absence of tissue plasminogen activator

Martine M. Mirrione, Wynne K. Schiffer, Joanna S. Fowler, Dave L. Alexoff, Stephen L. Dewey, Stella E. Tsirka

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Medically refractory seizures cause inflammation and neurodegeneration. Seizure initiation thresholds have been linked in mice to the serine protease tissue plasminogen activator (tPA); mice lacking tPA exhibit resistance to seizure induction, and the ensuing inflammation and neurodegeneration are similarly suppressed. Seizure foci in humans can be examined using PET employing 2-deoxy-2[¹⁸F]fluoro-d-glucose (¹⁸FDG) as a tracer to visualize metabolic dysfunction. However, there currently exist no such methods in mice to correlate measures of brain activation with behavior. Using a novel method for small animal PET data analysis, we examine patterns of ¹⁸FDG uptake in wild-type and tPA^-/- mice and find that they correlate with the severity of drug-induced seizure initiation. Furthermore, we report unexpected activations that may underlie the tPA modulation of seizure susceptibility. The methods described here should be applicable to other mouse models of human neurological disease.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	34-42
Number of pages	9
Journal	NeuroImage
Volume	38
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.06.032
State	Published - 15 Oct 2007
Externally published	Yes

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A novel approach for imaging brain-behavior relationships in mice reveals unexpected metabolic patterns during seizures in the absence of tissue plasminogen activator

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