Yardimoğlu Melda, Ilbay Gul, Dalcik Cannur, Dalcik Hakki, Sahin Deniz, Ates Nurbay
Department of Histology & Embryology, Kocaeli University, School of Medicine, Kocaeli, Turkey.
Int J Neurosci. 2008 Jul;118(7):981-93. doi: 10.1080/00207450701769232.
The aim of this study was to investigate neuron-specific enolase (NSE) immunoreactivity of the different brain regions after pentylenetetrazol (PTZ)- induced epileptic seizures in rats. Light microscopic examinations provided evidences for changes of neuronal activity after single and repeated seizures. The number of NSE (+) cells was well correlated with Nissl staining. The results suggest that NSE immunoreactivity may be a valuable marker for determination of the number of metabolically active neurons in different brain regions after single and repeated experimental seizures.