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. 2001 May 15;21(10):3593–3599. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-10-03593.2001

Table 1.

Distribution of silver-positive cells in the different nuclei of the thalamus in rats that experienced pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus 12, 24, 48 hr or 1 week earlier at the age of 12 d

Thalamic nucleus 12 hr 24 hr 48 hr 1 week after status epilepticus
SE 17 SE 16 SE 14 SE 15 SE 6 SE 8 SE 9 SE 10 SE 11 SE 1 SE 2 SE 3 SE 4 SE 5 SE 7 SE 13
Mediodorsal nucleus (MD)
 Medial segment o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
 Central segment ++ ++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ o ++ o o ++ ++ ++
 Lateral segment + + + + ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ o + o o + + +
Lateral dorsal nucleus (LD) + + ++ ++ o ++ ++ ++ ++ o o o o + + +
Lateral posterior nucleus (LP) + + ++ + o + ++ + + o o o o o o o
Anteroventral nucleus (AV) o o o o o o + + + o o o o o o o
Anteromedial nucleus (AM) o o o o o o + + + o o o o o o o
Ventrolateral nucleus (VL) o + + + o + + + ++ o o o o + + +
Ventroposterior nucleus
 Medial part (VPM) o o + + o + + + + o o o o + o o
 Lateral part (VPL) o o + + o + + + + o o o o + o o
Posterior thalamic nuclear o o + + o + + + + + o + o o + o
Ventromedial nucleus (VM) o + ++ o + ++ o + o o o o o o o +
Dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus (DLG) o o o o o + + + ++ o o o o o o o

Density of silver-stained neurons was scored as follows: o, no damaged neurons; +, <5 silver-positive neurons per nucleus; ++, 5–10 silver-positive neurons per nucleus; +++, >20 silver-positive neurons per nucleus.