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Summary   Objective  C57 BL /6J mice exposed to eight flurothyl‐induced generalized clonic seizures exhibit a change in seizure phenotype following a 28‐day incubation period and subsequent flurothyl rechallenge. Mice now develop a complex seizure semiology originating in the forebrain and propagating into the brainstem seizure network (a forebrain→brainstem seizure). In contrast, this phenotype change does not occur in seizure‐sensitive  DBA /2J mice. The underlying mechanism was the focus of this study.    Methods   DBA /2J mice were exposed to eight flurothyl‐induced seizures (1/day) followed by 24‐h video‐electroencephalographic recordings for 28 days. Forebrain and brainstem seizure thresholds were determined in C57 BL /6J and  DBA /2J mice following one or eight flurothyl‐induced seizures, or after eight flurothyl‐induced seizures, a 28‐day incubation period, and final flurothyl rechallenge.    Results  Similar to C57 BL /6J mice,  DBA/ 2J mice expressed spontaneous seizures. However, unlike C57 BL /6J mice,  DBA /2J mice continued to have spontaneous seizures without remission. Because  DBA/ 2J mice did not express forebrain→brainstem seizures following flurothyl rechallenge after a 28‐day incubation period, this indicated that spontaneous seizures were not sufficient for the evolution of forebrain→brainstem seizures. Therefore, we determined whether brainstem seizure thresholds were changing during this repeated‐flurothyl model and whether this could account for the expression of forebrain→brainstem seizures. Brainstem seizure thresholds were not different between C57 BL /6J and  DBA /2J mice on day 1 or on the last induction seizure trial (day 8). However, brainstem seizure thresholds did differ significantly on flurothyl rechallenge (day 28), with  DBA /2J mice showing no lowering of their brainstem seizure thresholds.    Significance  These results demonstrate that  DBA /2J mice exposed to the repeated‐flurothyl model develop spontaneous seizures without evidence of seizure remission and provide a new model of epileptogenesis. Moreover, these findings indicated that the transition of forebrain ictal discharge into the brainstem seizure network occurs as a result of changes in brainstem seizure thresholds that are independent of spontaneous seizure expression.

Dissociation of spontaneous seizures and brainstem seizure thresholds in mice exposed to eight flurothyl‐induced generalized seizures