Abstract

Febrile seizures (FS) are one of the most common types of convulsive disorder of early childhood and they can be classified into simple and prolonged depending on the duration. Nowadays, simple FS have a good prognosis but there is controversy about the outcome of prolonged FS. In a previous work using an animal model of prolonged FS, we showed that hiperthermia-induced seizures (HIS) evoked fine motor coordination impairment and gait disturbances in adolescent rats in a process in which seemed to be involved modulation of the cerebellar adenosinergic system. The aim of the present work was to verify whether the effect was maintained in adulthood. To this end, neonatal rats (PD 12) were exposed to HIS and after 48 days (PD 60) they were assayed on balance beam and footprint tests. Animals were sacrificed 53 days after HIS and adenosine A1 and A2A receptor signalling pathways were studied in cerebellar plasma membranes by using radioligand binding assays and by measuring the activities of 5´-nucleotidase and adenylyl cyclase. Results obtained revealed that adult rats exposed to HIS showed gait disturbances and motor impairments. Besides, animals exposed to hyperthermic insult showed an increase in adenosine A2A receptor functionality and 5´-nucleotidase activity. Surprisingly, the functionality of the adenosine A1 receptor resulted significantly changed causing stimulation instead of inhibition of adenylate cyclase activity. These results showed that the effect of prolonged FS at the early age also persist in adulthood suggesting on must pay attention to FS in children.

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