[Evaluation of a long-term sensomotor deficit after neonatal rat brain ischemia/hypoxia].

The application of magnetic resonance imaging method showed that ischemia/hypoxia of the brain of neonatal rats made by the protocol suggested by Levine-Rice induces one-sided lesions in the areas of cerebral cortex, striatum and hippocampus. Unilateral ischemic injury leads to a long-term sensorimotor and behavioral distortions within 90-115 days after the operation which has been tested in animals by the battery of tests including Cylinder, Beam-walking, Staircase and Limb-placing test. Chosen battery of tests in combination with magnetic resonance imaging allows to reliably estimate the long-term sensorimotor recovery in adult animals suffered an injury in neonatal age.

[Neuroprotection in epilepsy].

Brain damage and neuronal loss caused by traumatic brain injury, ischemic stroke, and symptomatic status epilepticus can lead to severe long-term consequences, such as impairment in learning and memory and cognitive functions, and development of chronic epilepsy. This can be the result of morphologic and functional changes underlying temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsy patients have increased risk of status epilepticus.