[Cytochemical characteristics of proteins in the lateral nucleus of the rat thalamus (model of a mirror epileptogenic focus)].

The experimental lesion in rat brain was produced by the implantation of cobalt-gelatin rod into right parietalis anterior area. In this area, paroxymal discharges were determined by electroencephalography on the 11th day after the operation. On the 63rd day, paroxyzmal discharges were more severe. Quantitative measurements of proteins were made by microdensitometer in neurons of nucleus lateralis thalami controlateral to the cobalt lesion. On days 11 and 63 after the operation protein concentrations in the neurons were lowered by 35 and 44%, respectively. The size of neurons of the 11th day supassed the control value by 33%; it demonstrated a tendency to normalization by the 63rd day after cobalt lesion.