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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-4-11
pubmed:abstractText
To clarify the mechanisms of action of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), carbamazepine (CBZ) and zonisamide (ZNS), on exocytosis mechanisms, the present study determined the concentration-dependent action of CBZ and ZNS, as well as the interaction between these AEDs and voltage-sensitive Ca(2+) channel (VSCC) activity on basal, Ca(2+)- and K(+)-evoked acetylcholine (ACh) release in frontal cortex of freely moving rat using in vivo microdialysis. Perfusion with therapeutic-relevant concentrations of CBZ and ZNS increased basal ACh release, which was regulated by N-type VSCC predominantly and P-type VSCC weakly, whereas supratherapeutic-relevant concentrations of these AEDs reduced this release. The 3.4 mM Ca(2+)-evoked release, which was regulated by N-type VSCC selectively, but not by P-type VSCC, was increased by therapeutic-relevant concentrations of CBZ and ZNS, whereas this release was reduced by supratherapeutic-relevant concentrations of them. The 50 mM K(+)-evoked release, which was regulated by P-type VSCC predominantly and N-type VSCC weakly, was decreased by CBZ and ZNS, in a concentration-dependent manner. These findings indicate that the interplay between enhancement of basal ACh release and reduction of depolarization-related ACh release in the frontal cortex are at least partially involved in a common mechanism of antiepileptic action between CBZ and ZNS.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0920-1211
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
49
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
49-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Interaction between carbamazepine, zonisamide and voltage-sensitive Ca2+ channel on acetylcholine release in rat frontal cortex.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neuropsychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Hirosaki, 036-8562, Hirosaki, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't