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The neuroprotective properties of gabapentin-lactam.

BACKGROUND: Gabapentin-lactam (GBP-L) is a derivative of the anti-convulsivant drug gabapentin. In vitro, GBP-L diminished the hypoxia-induced release of the neurotransmitter and excitotoxin glutamate. This effect could be reversed with glibenclamide, indicating that GBP-L acts as an opener of ATP-sensitive potassium channels. In vivo, GBP-L was neuroprotective in a rat model of acute retinal ischemia. In this study we investigated the time- and dose-effect relationship of this neuroprotection. METHODS: In each treatment group (n=9), retinal ischemia was induced in the left eye by pumping air into the anterior chamber to an intraocular pressure of 120 mmHg for 1 h. Two weeks later, neuronal damage in the ganglion cell layer was histologically quantified. Group 1 received vehicle only; group 2 received 75 mg/kg GBP-L i.p. at the beginning of ischemia; groups 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 received the same dose at 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 h after onset of reperfusion. Subgroups 5b and 5c received 50 and 25 mg/kg, respectively, 3 h after reperfusion. Each injection was repeated once after 6 h. RESULTS: The proportions of neurons that survived in groups 1 to 7 were 28%, 70%, 59%, 55%, 58%, 45%, and 37%, respectively. The proportions of neurons surviving in groups 5b and 5c were 49% and 39%, respectively. The difference in neuronal survival between group 1 and groups 2, 3, 4, 5, 5b, and 6 was statistically significant. CONCLUSION: GBP-L was neuroprotective in an animal model of acute retinal ischemia, even when given up to 4 h after reperfusion. GBP-L may prove useful in optic neuropathies such as glaucoma.

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Gabapentin versus lamotrigine monotherapy: a double-blind comparison in newly diagnosed epilepsy.

PURPOSE: This randomised, double-blind study compared the newer antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) gabapentin (GBP) and lamotrigine (LTG) as monotherapy in newly diagnosed epilepsy. METHODS: Patients with partial seizures with and/or without secondary generalization or primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures were randomized to either GBP or LTG. During 2- and 6-week titration periods, respectively, GBP dosage reached 1,800 mg/day, and LTG, 150 mg/day. In the subsequent 24-week maintenance phase, the dose could be adjusted based on seizure control or adverse events between 1,200 and 3,600 mg/day for GBP and 100 and 300 mg/day for LTG. The primary end point was time to exit, a composite of efficacy and tolerability. Evaluable patients were used for the primary efficacy analysis, whereas tolerability was examined on an intent-to-treat basis. RESULTS: A total of 309 patients was randomized, and 291 (148 GBP, 143 LTG) were included in the evaluable population. Nineteen patients in each group had an exit event. The median time to exit was 69 days for GBP and 48 days for LTG. The hazard ratio was estimated as 1.043 (90% confidence intervals, 0.602-1.809). Overall, 106 (71.6% of the evaluable population) GBP-treated and 96 (67.1%) LTG-treated patients completed the study. Of those, 80 (75.5%) patients taking GBP and 73 (76.0%) taking LTG remained seizure free during the final 12 weeks of treatment. Only 14 (8.9%) GBP-treated patients and 15 (9.9%) LTG-treated patients withdrew because of study drug-related adverse events. CONCLUSIONS: GBP and LTG monotherapy were similarly effective and well tolerated in patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy.

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Benefit of vitamin E, riluzole, and gabapentin in a transgenic model of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (FALS) has been linked in some families to dominant mutations of the SOD1 gene encoding Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase (Cu,ZnSOD). We have used a transgenic model of FALS based on expression of mutant human Cu,ZnSOD to explore the etiology and therapy of the genetic disease. Expression of mutant, but not wild-type, human Cu,ZnSOD in mice places the brain and spinal cord under oxidative stress. This causes depletion of vitamin E, rather than the typical age-dependent increase in vitamin E content as occurs in nontransgenic mice and in mice expressing wild-type human Cu,ZnSOD. Dietary supplementation with vitamin E delays onset of clinical disease and slows progression in the transgenic model but does not prolong survival. In contrast, two putative inhibitors of the glutamatergic system, riluzole and gabapentin, prolong survival. However, riluzole did not delay disease onset. Thus, there was clear separation of effects on onset, progression, and survival by the three therapeutics tested. This suggests the hypothesis that oxidative damage produced by the expression of mutant Cu,ZnSOD causes slow or weak excitotoxicity that can be inhibited in part by alerting glutamate release or biosynthesis presynaptically.

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Alpha-gamma hybrid peptides that contain the conformationally constrained gabapentin residue: characterization of mimetics of chain reversals.

The crystal structures of four dipeptides that contain the stereochemically constrained gamma-amino acid residue gabapentin (1-(aminomethyl)cyclohexaneacetic acid Gpn) are described. The molecular conformation of Piv-Pro-Gpn-OH (1), reveals a beta-turn mimetic conformation, stabilized by a ten atom C[bond]H...O hydrogen bond between the Piv CO group and the pro S hydrogen of the Gpn CH(2)[bond]CO group. The peptides Boc-Gly-Gpn-OH (2), Boc-Aib-Gpn-OH (3), and Boc-Aib-Gpn-OMe (4) form compact, folded structures, in which a distinct reversal of polypeptide chain direction is observed. In all cases, the Gpn residue adopts a gauche,gauche (g,g) conformation about the C(gamma)[bond]C(beta) (theta(1)) and C(beta)[bond]C(alpha) (theta(2)) bonds. Two distinct Gpn conformational families are observed. In peptides 1 and 3, the average backbone torsion angle values for the Gpn residue are phi=98 degrees, theta(1)=-62 degrees, theta(2)=-73 degrees, and psi=79 degrees, while in peptide 2 and 4 the average values are phi=-103 degrees, theta(1)=-46 degrees, theta(2)=-49 degrees, and psi=-92 degrees. In the case of 1 and 3, an intramolecular nine-membered O[bond]H...O hydrogen bond is formed between the C[double bond]O of the preceding residue and the terminal carboxylic acid OH group. All four alpha-gamma dipeptide sequences yield compact folded backbone conformations; this suggests that the Gpn residue may be employed successfully in the design of novel folded structures.

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In vivo monitoring of gabapentin in rats: a microdialysis study coupled to capillary electrophoresis and laser-induced fluorescence detection.

Gabapentin (GP) is a new anticonvulsant used in refractory epilepsy. Few studies have monitored the drug in vivo. We report the combination of capillary electrophoresis and laser-induced fluorescence detection (CZE-LIFD) with brain microdialysis and plasma ultrafiltration in an attempt to measure GP and offer an alternative technique for pharmacokinetic studies. We found that CZE-LIFD is capable of linearly measuring 10(-7)-10(-9) M GP in a 1 nL volume. It was also demonstrated that it is possible to monitor GP in prefrontal cortex dialysates and plasma in rats. It is concluded that the method permits in vivo monitoring of the drug in pharmacological as well as in clinical studies.

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Gabapentin quantification in human plasma by high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to electrospray tandem mass spectrometry. Application to bioequivalence study.

A rapid, sensitive and specific analytical method was developed and validated to quantify gabapentin in human plasma using acetaminophen as an internal standard. The method employs a single plasma protein precipitation. The analytes are chromatographed on a C4 reversed-phase chromatographic column and analyzed by mass spectrometry in the multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) mode. The method has a chromatographic run time of 4 min and a linear calibration curve over the range 50-10 000 ng x ml(-1) (r > 0.999). The between-run precision, based on the relative standard deviation for replicate quality controls, was < or = 4.8 % (200 ng x ml(-1)), 6.0% (1000 ng x ml(-1)) and 4.4% (5000 ng x ml(-1)). The between-run accuracy was +/-2.6, 4.4 and 0.5% for the above-mentioned concentrations, respectively. This method was employed in a bioequivalence study of two gabentin capsule formulations (Progresse from Biosintética, Brazil, as a test formulation, and Neurotin from Parke-Davis, as a reference formulation) in 24 healthy volunteers of both sexes who received a single 300 mg dose of each formulation. The study was conducted using an open, randomized, two-period crossover design with a 7-day washout interval. The 90% confidence interval (CI) of the individual ratio geometric mean for Progresse/Neurotin was 87.9-115.6% for AUC(0-36 h) and 88.6-111.7% for Cmax. Since both 90% CI for AUC(0-36 h) and Cmax were included in the 80-125% interval proposed by the US Food and Drug Administration, Progresse was considered bioequivalent to Neurotin according to both the rate and extent of absorption.

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Preferential action of gabapentin and pregabalin at P/Q-type voltage-sensitive calcium channels: inhibition of K+-evoked [3H]-norepinephrine release from rat neocortical slices.

Gabapentin (GBP; Neurontin) and pregabalin (PGB; CI-1008), efficacious drugs in several neurological and psychiatric disorders, inhibit neurotransmitter release from mammalian brain slices at therapeutically relevant concentrations. A detailed investigation, exploring the basis for this in vitro phenomenon, focused on norepinephrine (NE) and rat neocortical tissue in complementary assays of neurotransmitter release and radioligand binding. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that GBP, PGB, and related substances decrease neocortical NE release by acting at the alpha2delta subunit of presynaptic P/Q-type voltage-sensitive Ca2+ channels (VSCC) subserving Ca2+ influx in noradrenergic terminals. The inhibitory action appears competitive with [Ca2+]o and preferential to those neurons undergoing prolonged depolarization. Other results indicate that the reduction of exocytotic NE release is independent of L- and N-type VSCC, classical drug/peptide binding sites on VSCC, Na+ channels, alpha2-adrenoceptors, NE transporter, and system L amino acid transporter. These findings suggest a selective modulation of P/Q-type VSCC that are implicated in neurotransmission and several GBP-responsive pathologies.

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Developmental toxicity studies in mice, rats, and rabbits with the anticonvulsant gabapentin.

The developmental toxicity of the anticonvulsant agent gabapentin was evaluated in mice, rats, and rabbits treated by gavage throughout organogenesis. Mice received 500, 1000, or 3000 mg/kg on gestation days (GD) 6-15 and rats and rabbits received 60, 300, or 1500 mg/kg on GD 6-15 (rats) or 6-18 (rabbits). Additional groups received an equivalent volume of the vehicle, 0.8% methylcellulose, or remained untreated. All dams were observed daily for clinical signs of toxicity. In mice, body weights and food consumption were recorded on GD 0, 6, 12, 15, and 18 while in rats and rabbits these parameters were evaluated daily. Near term (mouse, GD 18; rat, GD 20; and rabbit, GD 29) each female was euthanatized, necropsies were performed, and litter and fetal data were collected. Live fetuses were examined for external, visceral, and skeletal variations and malformations. No adverse maternal or fetal effects were observed in mice or rats given doses up to 1500 or 3000 mg/kg, respectively. No treatment-related maternal or fetal effects were apparent in rabbits given 60 or 300 mg/kg. At 1500 mg/kg, one rabbit died, four others aborted, and reduced food consumption and body weight gain were observed. No other reproductive, litter, or fetal parameters were affected, except that the incidence of visceral variations in rat fetuses was slightly but statistically significantly increased at 1500 mg/kg due to a slight increase in the incidence of dilated renal pelvis. This finding was not considered biologically significant because this degree of variability has been seen in this strain of rats.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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Effect of vigabatrin and gabapentin on phenytoin pharmacokinetics in the dog.

This study was aimed at investigating whether or not the kinetics of intravenously administered phenytoin (PT) was altered by oral administration of vigabatrin (VGB) or gabapentin (GBP). A daily dose of PT (12 mgkg(-1)i.v.) was given to a group of five beagle dogs for a period of 1 week. On day eight, plasma samples were serially collected over 24 h, after administration of the PT dose. PT administration was continued, along with supplementary oral VGB (60 mgkg(-1)) for another week and then plasma samples were collected for analysis of PT levels. The same protocol was followed for the PT (12 mgkg(-1), i.v.)-GBP (300 mg caps., p.o.) study on a separate group (n= 5) of dogs. Orally administered GBP did not significantly alter the pharmacokinetic parameters of parenteral PT. However VGB markedly changed the drug's kinetics, as evidenced by a 31% (P= 0.015) reduction in total body clearance (CL) and an increase of over 45% in half-life (t(1/2)), (P= 0.013) and area under the plasma PT concentration-time curve (AUC), (P= 0.044). GBP does not appear to have any pharmacokinetic interaction with PT, while coadministration of VGB and PT results in a marked reduction in systemic clearance of the latter in the dog.

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Effect of vigabatrin and gabapentin on phynytoin pharmacokinetics in the dog.

The study was aimed at investigating whether or not the kinetics of intravenously administered phenytoin (PT) was altered by oral administration of vigabatrin (VGB) or gabapentin (GBP). A group of five beagle dogs were given a daily dose of PT (12 mg/kg, i.v.) for a period of 1 week. On day 8, plasma samples were serially collected over 24 hr. after administration of the PT dose. PT administration was continued with oral supplementary dose of VGB (60 mg/kg) for another week and then plasma samples were collected for analysis of PT levels. The same protocol was followed for the PT (12 mg/kg, i.v.)-GBP (300 mg caps., p.o.) study on a separate group (n = 5) of dogs. Orally administered GBP did not significantly alter the pharmacokinetic parameters of parental PT. VGB, however markedly changed the drug's kinetics as evidenced by a 31% (P = 0.015) reduction in total body clearance (CL) and increase of over 45% in half-life (t1/2), (P = 0.013) and area under the plasma PT concentration-time curve (AUC), (P = 0.044). GBP does not appear to have any pharmacokinetic interaction with PT, while coadministration of VGB and PT results in marked reduction in systemic clearance of the latter in the dog.

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Isobolographic profile of interactions between tiagabine and gabapentin: a preclinical study.

Combining the use of some antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) in patients with epilepsy can result in interactions of a pharmacodynamic or pharmacokinetic character. To quantify the profile of interactions between tiagabine (TGB) and gabapentin (GBP), two novel AEDs influencing the GABAergic neurotransmitter system, an isobolographic analysis was performed in the maximal electroshock seizure threshold (MEST), pentylenetetrazole (PTZ)-induced seizure and chimney tests in mice. TGB and GBP injected alone dose-dependently raised the electroconvulsive threshold in mice, which allowed the evaluation of TID(20) (the dose increasing the threshold by 20% compared with controls) in the MEST-test. TID(20) values for TGB and GBP alone were 4.3 mg/kg and 70 mg/kg, respectively. On the basis of isobolographic calculations, TGB was also co-administered with GBP at three fixed ratios (1:3, 1:1 and 3:1) of their respective TID(20) doses. The isobolographic analysis showed that all three combinations of TGB with GBP exerted supra-additive (synergistic) interactions in the MEST-test in mice. Likewise, TGB and GBP injected alone suppressed the clonic phase of PTZ-induced seizures, with (effective) doses protecting 50% of the animals tested against clonic convulsions (ED(50)) for TGB and GBP of 0.9 and 199.3 mg/kg, respectively. Moreover, the two-drug combinations at the same fixed ratios of 1:3, 1:1 and 3:1 in PTZ-induced seizures also showed a tendency towards supra-additive (synergistic) interactions. The adverse (neurotoxic) effects produced by TGB and GBP alone or in combinations at the same fixed ratios of 1:3, 1:1 and 3:1 were evaluated in the chimney test. The (toxic) doses evoking motor impairment in 50% of animals tested (TD(50)) for TGB and GBP alone were 13.6 and 979.6 mg/kg, respectively. The isobolographic analysis showed the interactions between the AEDs to be additive in this test. From a preclinical point of view, the interactions observed experimentally showed that the combination of TGB and GBP, due to a synergistic anti-seizure activity of the drugs, might provide adequate seizure control in patients with refractory epilepsy.

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Modulation of K+-evoked [3H]-noradrenaline release from rat and human brain slices by gabapentin: involvement of KATP channels.

To elucidate the mechanism of action of the anticonvulsant gabapentin (GBP), we compared its effects on K+-evoked [3H]-noradrenaline ([3H]-NA) release from rat hippocampal and human neocortical slices with those of the KATP channel opener pinacidil and the Na+ channel blockers phenytoin, carbamazepine and lamotrigine. Rat hippocampal and human neocortical slices were loaded with [3H]-NA and superfused. [3H]-NA release was evoked by increasing the extracellular [K+] from 3 to 15 mM. GBP decreased [3H]-NA release from rat hippocampal with a pIC50 of 5.59 and a maximum inhibition of 44%. Concentration-dependent inhibition was also seen in human neocortical slices (39% inhibition with 100 microM GBP). These inhibitory effects were antagonized by the KATP channel antagonist glibenclamide, yielding a pA2 of 7.50 in the rat. The KATP channel opener pinacidil (10 microM), like GBP, decreased [3H]-NA release from rat hippocampal slices by 27% and this effect was also antagonized by glibenclamide. In human neocortical slices the inhibition by pinacidil (10 microM) was 31%. Although phenytoin (10 microM), carbamazepine (100 microM) and lamotrigine (10 microM) also decreased [3H]-NA release (by 25%, 57% and 22%, respectively), glibenclamide did not antagonize the effects of these classical Na+ channel blockers. These findings suggest that GBP inhibits K+-evoked [3H]-NA release through activation of KATP channels. To establish whether the KATP channels under investigation were located on noradrenergic nerve terminals or on other neuronal elements, the effects of GBP were compared in the absence and in the presence of tetrodotoxin (TTX 0.32 microM) throughout superfusion. Since the functional elimination of the perikarya of interneurons by TTX reduced the inhibitory effect of GBP, the KATP channels mediating the effect of GBP may be located on nerve terminals, probably on both noradrenergic and glutamatergic nerve endings.

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Use of gabapentine (neurantin) for relief of intractable pain developed after face-lift surgery.

Complications of rhytidectomy, technically one of the most challenging operations of the aesthetic surgery, have been widely reported in the literature and nerve injuries are one of these possible complications during facial rejuvenation surgery. Beside the injuries of motor branches of the facial nerve, complaints of numbness and development of neuromas due to sensorial nerve injuries were reported in the literature. In this particular reported case, however, complaints of a 52-year-old woman, presented with diffuse intractable pain in her left cheek radiating to the neck and behind the ear after facial rejuvenation surgery, improved dramatically by use of gabapentine. Although there was no apparent neuroma formation on her neck, MRI findings are inconclusive and she had not responded to injection of local anesthetics at all.

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A placebo-controlled trial of gabapentin for painful HIV-associated sensory neuropathies.

BACKGROUND: Painful HIV-associated sensory neuropathies (HIV-SN) are a common complication of HIV infection. The pathogenesis is unknown and the treatment very limited. Gabapentin (GBP) is effective in painful diabetic neuropathy and postherpetic neuralgia and its effectiveness on painful HIV-SN has been reported anecdotally. DESIGN: Multicenter, prospective, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. METHODS: Patients were followed for a 1-week screening, a 4-week double-blind and a 2-week open treatment phase. GBP was initiated at 400 mg/d, titrated over 2 weeks to 1200 mg/d, and then either maintained at this level or-if not beneficial-titrated to 2400 mg/d. After 4 weeks the medication was unblinded and the patient had the choice to begin, to maintain or to increase GBP to 3600 mg/d. The primary outcome measure was an improvement in median pain on the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) from the screening week compared to the 4(th) treatment week. A secondary efficacy measure was the median sleep score (VAS). RESULTS: 15 patients received GBP and 11 placebo. In each group one patient dropped out during the doubleblind phase. Median pain (GBP 5.1; placebo 4.7) and sleep score (GBP 4.5; placebo 5.6) did not differ between both groups at baseline. In the GBP-group there was a significant decrease of the pain to 2.85 (-44.1 %) as well as of the sleep VAS to 2.3 (-48.9 %). No significant decrease in the pain (median VAS=3.3, -29.8 %) as well as in the sleep score (median VAS=4.95, -11.6 %) was observed in the placebo-group. GBP was generally well tolerated. The most frequent side effect was somnolence reported in 80% of GBP-treated patients. CONCLUSIONS: GBP was more effective than placebo in reducing pain and sleep interference in patients with HIV-SN.

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Gabapentin for opiod-related myoclonus in cancer patients.

Chronic opioid medication has been found to cause myoclonus in patients taking it for cancer pain. Gabapentin seemed a likely candidate for the treatment of this myoclonus and has indeed proved useful, as illustrated in this paper by two case histories.

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The anticonvulsant gabapentin enhances promoted release of GABA in hippocampus: a field potential analysis.

The mechanism of action of the recently developed anticonvulsant gabapentin (GBP) used for treatment of partial seizures [12] is largely unknown. Rat hippocampal slices were maintained in vitro and the effects of microapplication of nipecotic acid (NPA), which promotes the release and blocks uptake of GABA, on the synaptically-evoked population excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSP) were assessed before and after 1 h bath application of GBP. GBP treatment did not alter the population EPSP amplitude to paired or multiple stimuli, but nearly doubled the shunting effects of NPA on the EPSP with no effect on the presynaptic volley. The NPA-induced shunting of the EPSP was bicuculline-sensitive, indicating its mediation by GABAA receptor activation. These results suggest that GBP may increase free GABA levels in hippocampal cells, the release of which may be enhanced under conditions of promoted GABA release. Moreover, the study presents a methodology to electrophysiologically assess relative free GABA levels using field potential analysis in the adult rat brain.

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Comparison of gabapentin with other antiepileptic and GABAergic drugs.

The effect of the experimental antiepileptic drug gabapentin (1-(aminomethyl) cyclohexane acetic acid; GPT) on the feline trigeminal complex was compared with the effect of established antiepileptic drugs and with the effect of GABAA and GABAB agonists and antagonists. Intravenous injection of 10-60 mg/kg GPT depressed the descending periventricular facilitation of trigeminal nucleus neurons, as well as segmental excitatory mechanisms. On the other hand, GPT usually facilitated, but sometimes depressed, both segmental and periventricular inhibitory mechanisms. GPT thus resembled carbamazepine and phenytoin in its action on excitatory mechanisms and on segmental inhibition, but differed in its effect on inhibitory pathways descending from the reticular formation. In agreement with our observations, GPT has been found to be effective against partial and generalized tonic-clonic seizures, similar to the spectrum of activity of carbamazepine and phenytoin. The action of GPT in our model also resembled that of the GABAB agonist baclofen in its facilitation of reticular and segmental inhibitory mechanisms and its depression of segmental excitatory mechanisms, but differed in its effect on excitatory mechanisms descending from the reticular formation. GPT has also been reported to mimic GABAB receptor activation in other experiments but appeared to act by a GABA-receptor independent mechanism.

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Gabapentin actions on ligand- and voltage-gated responses in cultured rodent neurons.

Gabapentin (GBP) is a cyclic gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) analog and investigational antiepileptic drug which is effective in the treatment of a variety of human and experimental seizures. GBP's antiepileptic mechanism of action is not known. The present studies tested for effects of GBP on inhibitory (GABA and glycine) and excitatory (N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) and non-NMDA) amino acid neurotransmitter receptors, on repetitive firing of sodium (Na+) action potentials, and on voltage-dependent calcium (Ca2+) channel currents in cultured rodent neurons using intracellular, whole cell, or single channel recording techniques. GBP did not have a significant effect in any experiment when tested at or above concentrations that are therapeutic in humans except for a variable enhancement of NMDA-evoked depolarizations. These results suggest that the antiepileptic activity of GBP is not due to direct effects at receptors for inhibitory or excitatory amino acids or on voltage-dependent Na+ or Ca2+ channels.

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