Antimetrazoi action of two potential anticonvulsants, CM 40907 and SR 41378, in immature rats

Title:

Antimetrazoi action of two potential anticonvulsants, CM 40907 and SR 41378, in immature rats

Creator:

Staňková, L. and Mareš, P.

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:90de460c-792e-49f5-a8b9-c0891bcc0499
uuid:90de460c-792e-49f5-a8b9-c0891bcc0499

Subject:

anticonvulsants, motor seizures, pentylenetetrazol, ontogenetic development, and rat

Type:

article, model:article, and TEXT

Description:

The action of two potential anticonvulsants, CM 40907 (10-50 mg/kg i.p.) and SR 41378 (1.25-20 mg/kg i.p.) against metrazol-induced seizures was studied in rats 7, 12, 18 and 25 days old. Two types of motor seizures - minimal, clonic and major, generalized tonic-clonic - were elicited by a 100-mg/kg dose of metrazol (s.c.) and their incidence and latency were evaluated. The severity of seizures was expressed as a score on a 5-point scale. Dimethylsulfoxide, an organic solvent, exhibited anticonvulsant action only in doses far exceeding those used for dissolving the two anticonvulsants. Both drugs suppressed minimal as well as major seizures in all age groups studied in a dose-dependent manner, SR 41378 being approximately four times more potent than CM 40907. The latencies could be measured only in animals given low doses of anticonvulsants. CM 40907 did not change the latencies whereas SR 41378 prolonged them. The severity of seizures was decreased again in a dose-dependent manner. There were only minor changes in the efficacy of CM 40907 among the four age groups. On the contrary, SR 41378 exhibited an extreme efficacy in 7-day-old rat pups, where even the 1.25 mg/kg dose signifcantly decreased the incidence and severity of seizures. The efficacy in the remaining three age groups was approximately at the same level as in adult rats.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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Source:

Physiological research | 1992 Volume:41 | Number:6

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