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Anticonvulsant effect of intranigral fluoxetine.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  1450936     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Bilateral focal injections of the serotonin uptake inhibitor, fluoxetine (1.75-7.0 nmol) into substantia nigra (SN) protected against convulsive seizures evoked by the focal injection of bicuculline methiodide into area tempestas, an epileptogenic site within the deep prepiriform cortex. Injection of fluoxetine unilaterally in SN or bilaterally into a site dorsal to SN was not anticonvulsant. Blockade of nigral gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptors with bicuculline in SN did not reverse the anticonvulsant action of intranigral fluoxetine. These data suggest that serotonergic transmission in SN exerts a seizure suppressing action which is independent of GABA transmission in SN.
Authors:
A Pasini; A Tortorella; K Gale
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Brain research     Volume:  593     ISSN:  0006-8993     ISO Abbreviation:  Brain Res.     Publication Date:  1992 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1993-01-06     Completed Date:  1993-01-06     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0045503     Medline TA:  Brain Res     Country:  NETHERLANDS    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  287-90     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20007.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Anticonvulsants / administration & dosage,  pharmacology*
Bicuculline / administration & dosage,  analogs & derivatives
Cerebral Cortex / drug effects*
Convulsants / administration & dosage
Fluoxetine / administration & dosage,  pharmacology*
Male
Microinjections
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Seizures / chemically induced,  physiopathology*,  prevention & control
Substantia Nigra / drug effects,  physiology*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
NS20576/NS/NINDS NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Anticonvulsants; 0/Convulsants; 40709-69-1/bicuculline methiodide; 485-49-4/Bicuculline; 54910-89-3/Fluoxetine

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