ANTICONVULSANT AND SLEEP-WAKING INFLUENCES OF RILUZOLE IN A RAT MODEL OF ABSENCE EPILEPSY

被引:37
作者
ROMETTINO, S [1 ]
LAZDUNSKI, M [1 ]
GOTTESMANN, C [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV NICE,FAC SCI,PSYCHOPHYSIOL LAB,PARC VALROSE,F-06034 NICE,FRANCE
关键词
SPIKE-WAVE DISCHARGES; ABSENCE EPILEPSY; ANTICONVULSANT; SLEEP-WAKING; (RAT);
D O I
10.1016/0014-2999(91)90503-I
中图分类号
R9 [药学];
学科分类号
1007 ;
摘要
Six WAG/Rij rats, an animal model of human absence epilepsy, were injected intraperitoneally with riluzole. At 4 mg/kg, riluzole decreased the number, mean duration and spike-frequency of the spontaneously occurring discharges for 3 h. Riluzole also increased slow wave sleep at the expense of waking. As riluzole at 3 mg/kg decreased the number and spike-frequency of the discharges without inducing a sedative effect, this compound could be of therapeutic interest in human absence epilepsy.
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页码:371 / 373
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