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Pentylenetetrazole-Induced Kindling Mouse Model
Published on: June 12, 2018
Selective group II glutamate metabotropic receptor agonist LY354740 attenuates pentetrazole- and picrotoxin-induced
A Kłodzińska1, E Chojnacka-Wójcik, A Pilc
1Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków.
Abstract:
There are several data indicating the involvement of metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluR) in seizures and epileptogenesis. In the present experiments, the selective group II mGluR agonist (+)-2-aminobicyclo-[3.1.0]hexane-2,6-dicarboxylic acid (LY 354740) at doses from 4 to 16 mg/kg) administered prior to the injection of pentetrazole (80 mg/kg) or picrotoxin (3.2 mg/kg) produced a dose-dependent decrease in the number of mice exhibiting clonic convulsions. Our data suggest that group II mGluR agonist LY 354740 possesses antiseizure activity.
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