[The effect of carbamazepine on the content of monoamines and their metabolites in the brain structures of rats with audiogenic epilepsy].
It was shown that the content of serotonin (5-OT) and 5-oxyindoleacetic acid (5-OIAA) in the temporal cortex, hippocampus and medulla oblongata and the content of dopamine and 3,4-dihydroxyphenilacetic acid in the striatum are increased initially, while the level of norepinephrine in the striatum is reduced in Krushinskiĭ-Molodkina rats genetically predisposed to audiogenic epilepsy in comparison with Wistar rats. Carbamazepine levelled out the changes in the 5-OT and 5-OIAA levels at the peak of the audiogenic attack in the temporal cortex and hippocampus, causing at the same time a sum increase in the content of all monoamines and their metabolites in the medulla oblongata and striatum.
Kosacheva
E S
ES
Laboratory of Neurochemical Pharmacology, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
Kudrin
V S
VS
Fedotova
I B
IB
Semiokhina
A F
AF
Raevskiĭ
K S
KS
D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000818:Animals; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015306:Biogenic Monoamines / Q000378:metabolism*; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D001923:Brain Chemistry / Q000187:drug effects; D002220:Carbamazepine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012640:Seizures / Q000378:metabolism*
D000927:Anticonvulsants; D015306:Biogenic Monoamines; D002220:Carbamazepine