ArticlePharmacology research & perspectives2024
Pharmacokinetics and brain uptake of sodium selenate and selenium in naïve rats and a lateral fluid percussion injury rat model.
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- Tau pathology in epilepsy: emerging mechanisms and translational opportunities.Brain : a journal of neurology · 2026Review
- Pharmacokinetics and brain uptake of sodium selenate and selenium in naïve rats and a lateral fluid percussion injury rat model.Pharmacology research & perspectives · 2024Article
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Post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE) is a life-long complication of traumatic brain injury (TBI). The development of PTE is associated with neurological morbidity and increases the risk of mortality. An aim of EpiBioS4Rx (Epilepsy Bioinformatics Study for Antiepileptogenic Therapy) was to test potential therapies to prevent the development of PTE in the lateral fluid percussion injury (LFPI) rat model of TBI, in which rats were subjected to injury at the left parietal cortex. Sodium selenate has been reported to be antiepileptogenic post-TBI in rodent models by activating protein phosphatase 2A and reducing phosphorylated tau (p-tau) protein. We aimed to characterize the pharmacokinetics (PK) and brain uptake of sodium selenate using naïve control and LFPI rats. Rats received either a single bolus dose or a single bolus dose followed by a 7-day subcutaneous minipump infusion of sodium selenate. Sodium selenate and selenium concentrations in plasma and brain were analyzed and used for PK estimation and brain exposure assessment. Selenium concentrations rapidly increased after sodium selenate administration, demonstrating biotransformation from sodium selenate to selenium. Sodium selenate and selenium PK parameters were estimated using non-compartmental analysis. Sodium selenate clearance (CL/F) and volume of distribution (V
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