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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-1-27
pubmed:abstractText
Epileptic syndromes frequently start at childhood and therefore it is crucial to test new anticonvulsants at immature stages of the nervous system. We compared the effects of the gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) uptake inhibitor tiagabine [(R)-N-(4, 4-bis(3-methyl-2-thienyl)but)3-en-1-yl nipecotic acid] on low-Mg(2+)-induced epileptic discharges in brain slices from rat pups (p 5-8) and juvenile animals (p 15-20). In tissue from rat pups, tiagabine slightly reduced epileptiform activity in hippocampal area CA1 but had no effect in the entorhinal cortex. In juvenile rats, epileptiform discharges were unaffected in CA1 but suppressed by 60% in the entorhinal cortex. While tiagabine increases its efficacy with age, in-situ hybridisation and PCR analysis show that mRNA coding for the neuronal GABA-transporter GAT-1 is already present at p 5. We therefore conclude that the increasing efficacy of tiagabine during ontogenesis is due to functional maturation of GABAergic synapses rather than to up-regulation of GAT-1 expression.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0014-2999
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
3
pubmed:volume
383
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
259-66
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-20
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10594317-Action Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:10594317-Age Factors, pubmed-meshheading:10594317-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10594317-Animals, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:10594317-Anticonvulsants, pubmed-meshheading:10594317-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10594317-Entorhinal Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:10594317-Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe, pubmed-meshheading:10594317-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10594317-GABA Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:10594317-GABA Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10594317-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:10594317-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10594317-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10594317-Membrane Transport Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10594317-Nipecotic Acids, pubmed-meshheading:10594317-Organic Anion Transporters, pubmed-meshheading:10594317-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:10594317-Rats, Wistar
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Age-dependence of the anticonvulsant effects of the GABA uptake inhibitor tiagabine in vitro.
pubmed:affiliation
Johannes-Müller-Institut für Physiologie der Charité, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Tucholskystr. 2, 10117, Berlin, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't