Interference Effect of 3 Hz Brain Stimulation on Kindling Behavior Induced by 60 Hz Stimulation

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Abstract
Experiments were conducted to evaluate the effect of 3 Hz brain stimulation on kindling behavior induced by 60 Hz sine waves stimulation. In Experiment 1, 12 rats were subjected to 40 or 60 convulsion trials with 60 Hz stimulation and then given 36 trials of 3 Hz stimulation. When these rats were stimulated again with 60 Hz sine wave current at the same brain site, none of the rats showed a convulsion in 9 test trials. The intensity of stimulation had to be increased on test trial 10 to elicit convulsions for each rat. Of 10 rats in 2 control groups, only 1 did not convulse during the 9 test trials. In Experiment 2, the effective threshold intensity (ETI) to elicit a convulsion was determined on 5 separate occasions with 10 days of daily trials between determinations. On each day experimental rats were stimulated with 3 Hz current on the first and 3rd trials and with 60 Hz current on the 2nd trial (3-60-3 group). A steady increase in the intensity required to elicit a convulsion with 60 Hz current from ETI1 to ETI5 resulted. Rats stimulated only with 60 Hz sine waves on the 2nd trial each day (X-60-X group) maintained relatively stable values from ETI1 to ETI5. In the 4, 10 day blocks of trials, convulsions were suppressed in 20-80% of the trials over the 10 day period for the 3-60-3 group, with the greatest effect occurring after .apprx. 4 days of stimulation. This suppressive effect was prominent both with rats that were at the convulsion stage prior to the 1st application of 3 Hz stimulation and with rats that were at preconvulsion stages. In Experiment 3, the permanency of the suppressive effect was evaluated. Suppressed rats [(8)] from the experimental group in Experiment 2 and 4 control rats were stimulated for 90 trials over 30 days with 60 Hz current, and ETI values were determined after each set of 6 trials. Of the 8 experimental rats 4 were convulsing at ETI1 within 20 days.