title: Antimyoclonic effect of gabapentin in a posthypoxic animal model of myoclonus.
abstract: The antimyoclonic property of the novel antiepileptic drug, gabapentin (1-(aminomethyl) cyclohexane acetic acid), was tested in cardiac arrest-and p,p'-DDT(1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis (p-chlorophenyl)ethane)-induced animal models of myoclonus. Gabapentin dose-dependently attenuated myoclonus in posthypoxic rats for more than 3 h. The drug was also found to be effective in controlling the early stages of seizures following the anoxic insult. In contrast, the drug was ineffective in controlling either myoclonus or seizures in p,p'-DDT-treated animals. These results suggest that gabapentin can be used used as an effective therapeutic agent in an acute hypoxia/ischemia-induced neurological disorder. The data further indicate that distinct neurological mechanisms may be operating in the expression of myoclonus among posthypoxic and p,p'-DDT-induced animal models.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, University of California Irvine 92717, USA.
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Kanthasamy
authors.forename: T Q
authors.initials: TQ
authors.lastname: Vu
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Yun
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Truong
mesh_terms: D000085:Acetates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000588:Amines; D000818:Animals; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003509:Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids; D003634:DDT / Q000633:toxicity; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D000077206:Gabapentin; D000860:Hypoxia; D008297:Male; D009207:Myoclonus / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000517:prevention & control*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012640:Seizures / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000517:prevention & control; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
chemical_list: D000085:Acetates; D000588:Amines; D000927:Anticonvulsants; D003509:Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D000077206:Gabapentin; D003634:DDT