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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-7-1
pubmed:abstractText
We examined the effects of blockers of N-methyl-D-asparate (NMDA) and +/- -alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionic acid (AMPA)/kainate receptors on the maintenance of self-sustaining status epilepticus (SSSE) induced in rats by brief intermittent electrical stimulation of the perforant path (PPS). Blocking of NMDA receptor at the PCP site by MK-801 (0.5 mg/kg, i.p.) or ketamine (10 mg/kg, i.p.) as well as at the glycine allosteric site by intrahippocampal 5,7-dichlorokynurenic acid (5,7-DCK, 10 nmol), rapidly and irreversibly aborted both behavioral and electrographic manifestation of SSS. Intrahippocampal injection of the AMPA/kainate receptor blocker 6-cyano7-nitroquinixaline-3-dione (CNQX, 10 nmol) transiently suppressed seizures, which reappeared 4-5 h later. We suggest that the maintenance phase of SSSE depends on activation of NMDA receptors and that NMDA receptor blockers may be a promising class of compounds for the treatment of status epilepticus.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0304-3940
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
23
pubmed:volume
265
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
187-90
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10327162-6-Cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione, pubmed-meshheading:10327162-Action Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:10327162-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10327162-Anticonvulsants, pubmed-meshheading:10327162-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:10327162-Dizocilpine Maleate, pubmed-meshheading:10327162-Electric Stimulation, pubmed-meshheading:10327162-Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:10327162-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:10327162-Ketamine, pubmed-meshheading:10327162-Kynurenic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:10327162-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10327162-Perforant Pathway, pubmed-meshheading:10327162-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:10327162-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:10327162-Receptors, AMPA, pubmed-meshheading:10327162-Receptors, Kainic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:10327162-Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate, pubmed-meshheading:10327162-Status Epilepticus
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
N-methyl-D-asparate receptor antagonists abolish the maintenance phase of self-sustaining status epilepticus in rat.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology and Brain Research Institute, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA. mazarati@ucla.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.