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    Genetically Epilepsy-Prone Rats (GEPRs) in Drug Research (2000)
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    CNS drug reviews 6 (2000), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1527-3458
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Two independently derived, inbred strains of genetically epilepsy-prone rats (GEPRs) have been developed, the moderately epileptic GEPR-3 and the more severely epileptic GEPR-9. Seizures expressed by GEPRs model human generalized tonic/clonic seizures (GTCSs) and partial seizures secondarily generalized to tonic/clonic seizures. Several types of existing antiepileptic drugs have been tested in the GEPR model. Without exception, the seizure suppressing properties of these drugs occur both in GEPR-3 s and GEPR-9s. The differential responses of the two GEPR strains separate the antiepileptic drugs into three categories: (1) those effective in GTCSs and partial seizures; (2) those that are additionally effective in absence seizures; and (3) those effective in absence seizures but not in convulsive seizures. No known false positives have yet been detected in GEPR tests. In addition to the utility of the seizures expressed by GEPRs in drug development paradigms, these animals also have potential in the search for drugs that are specifically “antiseizure predisposition” rather than merely anticonvulsant. Heretofore, worldwide drug development efforts have emphasized the discovery of drugs that are anticonvulsant in nonepileptic animals. As might have been anticipated, these same drugs have proven to be anticonvulsant in epileptic subjects. Paradigms that would detect drugs with the capacity to correct the biological determinants of predisposition are in early stages of application. Kindling seizures provide a means to identify drugs that might be useful in correcting stimulus-induced seizure predisposition. The GEPR and other genetic models of the epilepsies provide models for developing treatments to correct genetically determined seizure predisposition. Emerging evidence supports the hypothesis that GEPRs model comorbidity between the epilepsies and affective disorders. Understanding the basis of this comorbidity has the potential to enable the development of treatments that reverse the underlying abnormalities of the coexisting disorders. Because human epilepsies and affective disorders are environmentally and genetically complex, the abnormalities of the GEPR probably will not account for all predispositions leading to this comorbidity.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1527-3458.2000.tb00150.x
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    Role of serotonin in the anticonvulsant effect of fluoxetine in genetically epilepsy-prone rats (1994)
    Springer
    Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology 350 (1994), S. 149-152 
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    ISSN: 1432-1912
    Keywords: Key words: 5-Hydroxytryptophan – Fluoxetine – p-chlorophenylalanine – Serotonin – Anticonvulsant effect – Dialysis – Genetically epilepsy-prone rats
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract. This study was designed to demonstrate a role of serotonin in the anticonvulsant effect of fluoxetine, a serotonin reuptake inhibitor, in genetically epilepsy-prone rats. When varied doses of 5-hydroxytryptophan (12.5, 25, 50 mg/kg) were administered i.p. along with a fixed dose of fluoxetine (15 mg/kg) to severe seizure genetically epilepsy-prone rats, the severity of audiogenic seizures was decreased dose-dependently, and the combination treatment also produced a marked potentiation of the anticonvulsant effect when compared with administration of either drug alone. Pretreatment of severe seizure genetically epilepsy-prone rats with p-chlorophenylalanine depleted brain serotonin and reduced the anticonvulsant effectiveness of fluoxetine. By using intracerebral microdialysis, the depletion of serotonin after p-chlorophenylalanine treatment was confirmed by measuring thalamic extracellular serotonin and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid concentrations during basal release and in response to a challenge dose of fluoxetine. We concluded that serotonergic transmission may be involved in the anticonvulsant effect of fluoxetine in severe seizure genetically epilepsy-prone rats.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00241089
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    Electronic Resource
    Electronic Resource
    Role of serotonin in the anticonvulsant effect of fluoxetine in genetically epilepsy-prone rats (1994)
    Springer
    Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology 350 (1994), S. 149-152 
    Details
    ISSN: 1432-1912
    Keywords: 5-Hydroxytryptophan ; Fluoxetine ; p-chlorophenylalanine ; Serotonin ; Anticonvulsant effect ; Dialysis ; Genetically epilepsy-prone rats
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract This study was designed to demonstrate a role of serotonin in the anticonvulsant effect of fluoxetine, a serotonin reuptake inhibitor, in genetically epilepsy-prone rats. When varied doses of 5-hydroxytryptophan (12.5, 25, 50 mg/kg) were administered i.p. along with a fixed dose of fluoxetine (15 mg/kg) to severe seizure genetically epilepsy-prone rats, the severity of audiogenic seizures was decreased dose-dependently, and the combination treatment also produced a marked potentiation of the anticonvulsant effect when compared with administration of either drug alone. Pretreatment of severe seizure genetically epilepsy-prone rats with p-chlorophenylalanine depleted brain serotonin and reduced the anticonvulsant effectiveness of fluoxetine. By using intracerebral microdialysis, the depletion of serotonin after p-chlorophenylalanine treatment was confirmed by measuring thalamic extracellular serotonin and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid concentrations during basal release and in response to a challenge dose of fluoxetine. We concluded that serotonergic transmission may be involved in the anticonvulsant effect of fluoxetine in severe seizure genetically epilepsy-prone rats.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00241089
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    Paper (German National Licenses)
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