ArticlePharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2021
Combinatorial Regimen of Carbamazepine and Imipramine Exhibits Synergism against Grandmal Epilepsy in Rats: Inhibition of Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines and PI3K/Akt/mTOR Signaling Pathway.
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- Carbamazepine preserves systemic ionic homeostasis and hippocampal Atp1a1 expression following pentylenetetrazol-induced seizures in rats.Neurochemical research · 2026Article
- Analytical Biomarkers for Inflammation Status Monitoring of Psychotropic and Antiepileptic Drugs.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Ferulic Acid Attenuates Seizure Severity and Enhances Valproate and Carbamazepine Seizure Preventing Efficacy by Regulating Hippocampal Interleukin-1β Level and Antioxidant Capacity in Mice.Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2025Article
- NS-Pten knockout mice exhibit sex and hippocampal subregion-specific increases in microglia/macrophage density.Epilepsy research · 2024Article
- PI3K-AKT/mTOR Signaling in Psychiatric Disorders: A Valuable Target to Stimulate or Suppress?The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology · 2024Review
- Molecular Basic of Pharmacotherapy of Cytokine Imbalance as a Component of Intervertebral Disc Degeneration Treatment.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Neuroprotective Effects and Therapeutic Potential of Dichloroacetate: Targeting Metabolic Disorders in Nervous System Diseases.International journal of nanomedicine · 2023Review
- Identification of miRNAs in extracellular vesicles as potential diagnostic markers for pediatric epilepsy and drug-resistant epilepsy via bioinformatics analysis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Article
- Influence of methadone on the anticonvulsant efficacy of valproate sodium gabapentin against maximal electroshock seizure in mice by regulation of brain MDA TNF-α.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Epilepsy is a neurodegenerative disorder that causes recurring seizures. Thirty-five percent of patients remain refractory, with a higher prevalence of depression. We investigated the anticonvulsant efficacy of carbamazepine (CBZ; 20 and 50 mg/kg), imipramine (IMI; 10 and 20 mg/kg) alone, and as a low dose combination. This preclinical investigation included dosing of rats for 14 days followed by elicitation of electroshock on the last day of treatment. Along with behavioral monitoring, the rat hippocampus was processed for quantification of mTOR, IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α levels. The histopathological analysis of rat hippocampus was performed to ascertain neuroprotection. In vitro studies and in silico studies were also conducted. We found that the low dose combinatorial therapy of CBZ (20 mg/kg) + IMI (10 mg/kg) exhibits synergism (
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