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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Physiol. 2017 Dec 23;2:42–50. doi: 10.1016/j.cophys.2017.12.007

Figure 1. Spontaneous and thermally induced seizures in DS mice.

Figure 1.

The body core temperature of mice was raised to the indicated levels by a thermal feedback circuit and heat lamp in steps of 0.5°C per two minutes, and seizures were recorded by video camera and implanted EEG electrodes. (a) Representative EEG traces during a spontaneous seizure in a DS mouse. (b) Representative EEG traces of F/+:Dlx-Cre- and F/+:Dlx-Cre+ mice during thermal induction of seizures at P24. Top, F/+:Dlx-Cre- mouse at 39.5°C. Bottom, F/+:Dlx-Cre+ mouse during a seizure at 39.5°C. (c) Temperature dependence of thermal induction of seizures in DS mice. Thermally-induced seizures were evoked in DS mice at P30–46 (circles, mean temperature of 39°C) and P20–22 (squares, mean temperature of induction 40.2°C), but no seizures were induced in P17–18 mice (triangles). (d) Temperature dependence of thermal induction of seizures in Dlx-Cre+ mice. Thermally-induced seizures were evoked in all F/+:Dlx-Cre+ animals with a mean temperature of 39°C. No F/+:Dlx-Cre- mice had a seizure.