title: Anticonvulsant action of a NMDA receptor antagonist CGP 40116 varies only quantitatively during ontogeny in rats.
abstract: Anticonvulsant action of CGP 40116, a competitive antagonist of N-methyl-D-aspartate type of excitatory amino acid receptors, was studied in rats during development (7, 12, 18, 25 and 90 days old). Two types of motor seizures were elicited by a subcutaneous injection of pentylenetetrazol. Pretreatment with CGP 40116 did not influence minimal, predominantly clonic seizures in any age group. Generalized tonic-clonic seizures were at first modified--their tonic phase was restricted to forelimbs, then selectively suppressed--and with increasing dosage the clonic phase was blocked too. This effect exhibited only minor quantitative changes during development.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haugvicová
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mares
mesh_terms: D015763:2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D051381:Rats; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D012640:Seizures / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; C064539:2-amino-4-methyl-5-phosphono-3-pentenoic acid; D015763:2-Amino-5-phosphonovalerate