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Enhancement of Spike and Wave Discharges by GABAmimetic Drugs in Rats with Spontaneous Petit-mal-like Epilepsy

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Journal Neurosci Lett
Specialty Neurology
Date 1984 Jan 27
PMID 6425742
Citations 23
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Abstract

Certain Wistar rats from our laboratory colony present genetically determined seizures similar to human petit-mal absences. Muscimol, THIP and L-baclofen, agonists of GABA receptors, and gamma-vinyl GABA (GVG), an inhibitor of GABA degradation, enhanced the duration of spontaneous petit-mal-like seizures in a dose-dependent fashion. These findings raise questions as to the role of GABAergic neurotransmission in the occurrence of this type of spontaneous spike and wave discharges.

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