title: Influence of antidepressant drugs on seizure susceptibility and the anticonvulsant activity of valproate in mice.
abstract: The tricyclic antidepressants, amitriptyline (20-30 mg/kg, i.p.) and imipramine (30-40 mg/kg), provided a significant protection against electro-convulsions (12 mA, 0.2 s stimulus duration) but desipramine (up to 40 mg/kg) remained ineffective. On the other hand, all drugs, amitriptyline (10 mg/kg), desipramine (20 mg/kg), and imipramine (20 mg/kg) distinctly potentiated the protective efficacy of valproate against maximal electroshock, reducing its ED 50 values from 255 mg/kg to 150, 135, and 128 mg/kg, respectively. In one case the plasma valproate level was measured and it was evident that desipramine (20 mg/kg) did not affect the plasma level of this antiepileptic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Medical School, Lublin, Poland.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kleinrok
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gustaw
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Czuczwar
mesh_terms: D000639:Amitriptyline / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000818:Animals; D003891:Desipramine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004597:Electroshock; D007099:Imipramine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D012640:Seizures / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014635:Valproic Acid / Q000097:blood / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D000639:Amitriptyline; D014635:Valproic Acid; D007099:Imipramine; D003891:Desipramine