DIAZEPAM AND RO-15-1788 INCREASE ABSENCE EPILEPSY IN WAG/RIJ RATS CHRONICALLY EXPOSED TO DIAZEPAM

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作者
PEETERS, BWMM [1 ]
VANRIJN, CM [1 ]
NUTT, DJ [1 ]
TITULAER, MNG [1 ]
VOSSEN, JMH [1 ]
COENEN, AML [1 ]
机构
[1] SCH MED SCI BRISTOL,RECKITT & COLMAN PSYCHOPHARMACOL UNIT,BRISTOL B58 1TD,ENGLAND
关键词
Diazepam; Epilepsy (non-convulsive); Ro; 15-1788; Tolerance; WAG/Rij inbred strain;
D O I
10.1016/0014-2999(90)94801-4
中图分类号
R9 [药学];
学科分类号
1007 ;
摘要
The mechanisms underlying tolerance to benzodiazepines were investigated by injecting diazepam (5 mg/kg) twice daily for 23 days in WAG/Rij rats (an animal model for non-convulsive absence epilepsy). After this the rats received either the agonist, diazepam, or the antagonist, flumazenil (Ro 15-1788). EEG analyses showed that both compounds increased the amount of absence epilepsy-like phenomena. This suggests that repeated administration of diazepam moves the benzodiazepine receptor spectrum towards the inverse agonist end. © 1990.
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