The prolonged anticonvulsant action of taurine on genetically determined seizure-susceptibility.
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A prolonged anticonvulsant action of taurine has been shown in a strain of seizure susceptible rats. The audiogenic rat (AS) has lower intracerebral electroshock thresholds in three auditory nuclei; the ventral cochlear, the inferior colliculi and the medial geniculate, and in one nonauditory structure; the reticular formation, than a strain of nonaudiogenic rats (NAS). Furthermore, the AS animals routinely display maximal (tonic-clonic) convulsion, regardless of brain structure stimulated, whereas NAS subjects respond with minimal (clonic) convulsions. Within three minutes of intraventricular injection of8\i.moles, taurine reduces the susceptibility of AS rats to intracerebral electroshock seizures along with attenuation of the severity of the convulsion. The initial elevation in intracerebral electroshock threshold returns to pretreatment value at 24 hours, only to rise again at 48 hours and to remain elevated
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques
دوره 5 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1978