Repeated administration of subconvulsant doses of GABA antagonist drugs. I. Effect on seizure threshold (kindling).

Repeated subconvulsant doses of the GABA antagonist drugs picrotoxin (5 mg/kg), pentylenetetrazol (PTZ) (30 mg/kg), and bicuculline (3.5 mg/kg), were given IP once daily to rats. Picrotoxin produced rapid kindling to full seizures in about 5 days, PTZ produced sporadic myoclonic seizures after 17 da...

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Main Authors: Nutt, D, Cowen, P, Batts, C, Grahame-Smith, D, Green, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Springer-Verlag 1982