title: Proconvulsant and anticonvulsant effects of Evans blue dye in rodents.
abstract: The effect of i.c.v. administration of Evans blue to sound sensitive DBA/2 mice and to genetically epilepsy-prone rats was studied. In mice, Evans blue (3.3-52 nmol) induced: hyperlocomotion, wild running, scratching, clonic muscle spasms, tonic seizure (latency 10-45 min), followed by death or recovery. The CD50 value for clonic seizures for Evans blue was 35(23-53) nmol. Pretreatment (45 min) with Evans blue (13-52 nmol, i.c.v.) dose-dependently reduced the incidence of sound-induced seizures in DBA/2 mice (ED50 value against clonic seizures = 30 [15-58] nmol, i.c.v). In rats, Evans blue (104 nmol, i.c.v.) induced electroencephalographic seizures in the hippocampus and cortex and behavioural limbic seizures with a latency of 15-20 min. A reduction in the mean score (from 5 to 2-3) for behavioural seizures was observed which lasted for 4-5 days in rats electrically-kindled daily in the hippocampal CA3 subsector. Sound-induced clonic seizures in kindled and non-kindled rats were reduced for 3-4 days after administration of Evans blue (104 nmol, i.c.v.).
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dürmüller
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Meldrum
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000818:Animals; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects; D003292:Convulsants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000187:drug effects; D005070:Evans Blue / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000187:drug effects; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D007696:Kindling, Neurologic / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008811:Mice, Inbred DBA; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants; D003292:Convulsants; D005070:Evans Blue