Agomelatine protects against neuronal damage without preventing epileptogenesis in the kainate model of temporal lobe epilepsy
Recent studies about the novel antidepressant agomelatine, which is a mixed MT1 and MT2 melatonin receptor agonist and 5HT2C serotonin receptor antagonist possessing an anticonvulsant and neuroprotective action, suggest that it may have potential to contribute against epileptogenesis and epilepsy-in...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-08-01
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Series: | Neurobiology of Disease |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996117300918 |