title: Anticonvulsant effects of adenosine analogues on amygdaloid-kindled seizures in rats.
abstract: Male Long-Evans rats were stereotaxically implanted with a bipolar electrode in the central amygdala and with a stainless-steel cannula in the lateral cerebral ventricle. Rats were then kindled once daily until 3 consecutive Stage 5 kindled seizures were elicited. Adenosine analogues were injected into the lateral cerebral ventricle to examine their effects on behavioral seizures and afterdischarge duration following a kindling stimulus. 5'-N-ethylcarboxamidoadenosine (NECA) and (-)-N-(1-methyl-2-phenylethyl)-adenosine(L-phenylisopropyladenosine) (L-PIA) produced dose-related reductions of amygdaloid-kindled seizures with NECA exhibiting slightly more potent anticonvulsant activity than L-PIA. Parenteral injections of caffeine, at a dose which had no effect on seizure parameters, antagonized the anticonvulsant effects of NECA. These results are consistent with the notion that adenosine is a modulator of synaptic activity in the CNS and methylxanthines exert a specific antagonism of central adenosine receptors.
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D019830:Adenosine-5'-(N-ethylcarboxamide); D000679:Amygdala / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D000927:Anticonvulsants; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000502:physiology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D007696:Kindling, Neurologic / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D010660:Phenylisopropyladenosine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D012640:Seizures / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D010660:Phenylisopropyladenosine; D019830:Adenosine-5'-(N-ethylcarboxamide); D000241:Adenosine