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ArticleJournal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996)2009

Amiloride enhances the anticonvulsant action of various antiepileptic drugs in the mouse maximal electroshock seizure model.

Jarogniew J Luszczki, Katarzyna M Sawicka, Justyna Kozinska, Monika Dudra-Jastrzebska, Stanislaw J Czuczwar

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Article in Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996), 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Amiloride suppresses pilocarpine-induced seizures via ASICs other than NHE in rats.International journal of clinical and experimental pathology · 2015
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  9. Acid-sensing ion channels in pain and disease.Nature reviews. Neuroscience · 2013
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  12. ENaCs and ASICs as therapeutic targets.American journal of physiology. Cell physiology · 2012
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jarogniew J LuszczkiDepartment of Pathophysiology, Medical University of Lublin, Jaczewskiego 8, 20-090, Lublin, Poland. jluszczki@yahoo.com
Katarzyna M Sawicka
Justyna Kozinska
Monika Dudra-Jastrzebska
Stanislaw J Czuczwar
Medical University of Lublin · PLInstytut Medycyny Wsi im. Witolda Chodźki · PL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Accumulating evidence indicates that amiloride (a potassium-sparing diuretic) exerts the anticonvulsant action in various in vivo and in vitro experiments. Therefore, the objective of this study was to assess the influence of amiloride on the protective action of numerous conventional and second-generation antiepileptic drugs [AEDs: carbamazepine (CBZ), lamotrigine (LTG), oxcarbazepine (OXC), phenobarbital (PB), topiramate (TPM), and valproate (VPA)] against maximal electroshock (MES)-induced seizures in mice. Results indicate that amiloride [up to 100 mg/kg, intraperitoneally (i.p.), at 30, 60, and 120 min before the test] neither altered the threshold for electroconvulsions, nor protected the animals against MES-induced seizures in mice. Moreover, amiloride (75 and 100 mg/kg, i.p., 120 min prior to the test) significantly enhanced the anticonvulsant effects of all studied AEDs, except for LTG, by reducing their ED(50) values in the MES test. In contrast, amiloride at 50 mg/kg (i.p.) had no significant effect on the antielectroshock action of the tested AEDs in mice. Estimation of total brain AED concentrations revealed that amiloride (75 mg/kg) significantly increased total brain concentrations of CBZ, OXC, and PB, but not those of LTG, TPM, and VPA in mice. In conclusion, one can ascertain that the potentiation of the antiseizure action of TPM and VPA by amiloride in the MES test and lack of any pharmacokinetic interactions between drugs, make the combinations of amiloride with TPM and VPA of pivotal importance for epileptic patients.

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AmilorideAnalysis of VarianceAnimalsAnticonvulsantsAvoidance LearningBrainDisease Models, AnimalDose-Response Relationship, DrugDrug SynergismElectroshockMaleMiceMotor ActivityMuscle StrengthPsychomotor PerformanceSeizuresAmilorideAnticonvulsantsSodium Channel Blockers

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