Figure 3. Antiinflammatory drugs administered during epileptogenesis prevent disease progression in electrical SE–exposed rats.
(A) Progression index (the ratio between the number of seizures at 4.5 months and at 2.5 months after SE) in vehicle- and drug-treated rats. Value equivalent to 1 defines lack of progression. Data are shown as mean ± SEM (n = 9 rats each group). *P < 0.05 versus vehicle, Mann-Whitney U test. Raw data are shown in Supplemental Table 1. (B) Odds ratio (0.24; P = 0.008) indicates that drug-treated rats evaluated at 2.5 months have a 76% reduced risk of developing seizures at 4.5 months versus vehicle-treated rats. Treatment included anakinra+BoxA+ifenprodil (SE+drug) (see Methods; Supplemental Figure 5A). OR, odds ratio.
