Publication Date:
1982-05-21
Description:
Compounds that antagonize neuronal excitation induced by dicarboxylic amino acids were tested in two animal models of epilepsy, namely sound-induced seizures in DBA/2 mice and threshold pentylenetetrazol seizures in Swiss mice. Sound-induced seizures could be prevented by intracerebroventricular injection of compounds that block excitation due to N-methyl-D-aspartic acid. The most potent such compound, 2-amino-7-phosphonoheptanoic acid, was anticonvulsant in both test systems when given either intraperitoneally or intracerebroventricularly. Specific antagonists of excitation that is caused by amino acids provide a new class of anticonvulsant agents.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Croucher, M J -- Collins, J F -- Meldrum, B S -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1982 May 21;216(4548):899-901.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7079744" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Amino Acids, Dicarboxylic/*antagonists & inhibitors
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Aminobutyrates/*pharmacology
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Animals
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*Anticonvulsants
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Disease Models, Animal
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Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists
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Glutamates/pharmacology
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Mice
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Mice, Inbred DBA
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Organophosphorus Compounds/*pharmacology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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