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pentylenetetrazole and Benign Infantile Myoclonic Epilepsy

pentylenetetrazole has been researched along with Benign Infantile Myoclonic Epilepsy in 27 studies

Pentylenetetrazole: A pharmaceutical agent that displays activity as a central nervous system and respiratory stimulant. It is considered a non-competitive GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID antagonist. Pentylenetetrazole has been used experimentally to study seizure phenomenon and to identify pharmaceuticals that may control seizure susceptibility.
pentetrazol : An organic heterobicyclic compound that is 1H-tetrazole in which the hydrogens at positions 1 and 5 are replaced by a pentane-1,5-diyl group. A central and respiratory stimulant, it was formerly used for the treatment of cough and other respiratory tract disorders, cardiovascular disorders including hypotension, and pruritis.

Research Excerpts

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" We have investigated the effects of mirtazapine on pentylenetetrazole (PTZ)- and maximal electroconvulsive shock (MES)-induced seizures in mice."7.74Mirtazapine does not affect pentylenetetrazole- and maximal electroconvulsive shock-induced seizures in mice. ( Kayir, H; Sezer, Z; Uzbay, TI; Yilmaz, I, 2007)
" The aim of this study was to evaluate the profile of interactions between FBM and four conventional antiepileptic drugs (AEDs): clonazepam (CZP), ethosuximide (ESM), phenobarbital (PB), and valproate (VPA), in pentylenetetrazole (PTZ)-induced convulsions in mice, a model of myoclonic seizures in humans."7.72Isobolographic and subthreshold analysis of interactions among felbamate and four conventional antiepileptic drugs in pentylenetetrazole-induced seizures in mice. ( Borowicz, KK; Czuczwar, SJ; Luszczki, JJ, 2004)
"The action of ethosuximide (125 or 250 mg/kg, IP) against picrotoxin-induced seizures (3-6 mg/kg, IP) was assessed in rats 12, 18, 25, and 90 days old."7.68Ethosuximide suppresses seizures and lethality induced by picrotoxin in developing rats. ( Mares, P; Micianiková, D; Rokyta, R; Velísek, L; Velísková, J, 1993)
"Dravet syndrome is characterized by multiple seizure types: generalized tonic-clonic, focal, myoclonic, and absence seizures."5.72Stiripentol inhibits spike-and-wave discharges in animal models of absence seizures: A new mechanism of action involving T-type calcium channels. ( Heulard, I; Reversat, L; Riban, V; Si Hocine, H; Verleye, M, 2022)
"The present study was designed to investigate the importance of sex differences in the interaction between dizocilpine (MK-801) pretreatment and acute cold-restraint stress (CRS) in pentylenetetrazole (PTZ)-induced seizures in Swiss albino mice."3.74Influence of sex on the interaction between dizocilpine (MK-801) pretreatment and acute cold-restraint stress in epilepsy susceptibility in an animal study. ( Aksu, F; Inan, SY, 2008)
" We have investigated the effects of mirtazapine on pentylenetetrazole (PTZ)- and maximal electroconvulsive shock (MES)-induced seizures in mice."3.74Mirtazapine does not affect pentylenetetrazole- and maximal electroconvulsive shock-induced seizures in mice. ( Kayir, H; Sezer, Z; Uzbay, TI; Yilmaz, I, 2007)
"The objective of this study was to evaluate the interaction of the novel antiepileptic drug (AED), topiramate (TPM), with conventional AEDs against amygdala-kindled seizures in rats and pentylenetetrazol-induced convulsions in mice."3.72Effect of topiramate on the anticonvulsant activity of conventional antiepileptic drugs in two models of experimental epilepsy. ( Borowicz, KK; Czuczwar, SJ; Duda, AM; Luszczki, JJ, 2003)
" The aim of this study was to evaluate the profile of interactions between FBM and four conventional antiepileptic drugs (AEDs): clonazepam (CZP), ethosuximide (ESM), phenobarbital (PB), and valproate (VPA), in pentylenetetrazole (PTZ)-induced convulsions in mice, a model of myoclonic seizures in humans."3.72Isobolographic and subthreshold analysis of interactions among felbamate and four conventional antiepileptic drugs in pentylenetetrazole-induced seizures in mice. ( Borowicz, KK; Czuczwar, SJ; Luszczki, JJ, 2004)
"The interaction of 7-nitroindazole (7-NI), a nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor, with the protective activity of conventional antiepileptics against pentylenetetrazol (PTZ)-induced seizures was tested in mice."3.707-Nitroindazole, a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, enhances the anticonvulsive action of ethosuximide and clonazepam against pentylenetetrazol-induced convulsions. ( Borowicz, KK; Czuczwar, SJ; Kleinrok, Z; Luszczki, J, 2000)
"The action of ethosuximide (125 or 250 mg/kg, IP) against picrotoxin-induced seizures (3-6 mg/kg, IP) was assessed in rats 12, 18, 25, and 90 days old."3.68Ethosuximide suppresses seizures and lethality induced by picrotoxin in developing rats. ( Mares, P; Micianiková, D; Rokyta, R; Velísek, L; Velísková, J, 1993)
"Dravet syndrome is characterized by multiple seizure types: generalized tonic-clonic, focal, myoclonic, and absence seizures."1.72Stiripentol inhibits spike-and-wave discharges in animal models of absence seizures: A new mechanism of action involving T-type calcium channels. ( Heulard, I; Reversat, L; Riban, V; Si Hocine, H; Verleye, M, 2022)
"Here, we hypothesize that Dravet syndrome may be treated by either enhancing Nav1."1.56NaV1.1 and NaV1.6 selective compounds reduce the behavior phenotype and epileptiform activity in a novel zebrafish model for Dravet Syndrome. ( Bosma, M; Braun, KPJ; Inserra, M; Koeleman, BPC; Rivara, M; Rook, MB; Singh, S; van 't Slot, RH; Verhoeven-Duif, NM; Vetter, I; Volkers, L; Weuring, WJ, 2020)
"It has been established that febrile seizures and its extended syndromes like generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures (FS) plus (GEFS+) and Dravet syndrome have been associated with mutations especially in SCN1A and GABRG2 genes."1.46Heat induced temperature dysregulation and seizures in Dravet Syndrome/GEFS+ Gabrg2 ( Kang, JQ; Liu, Z; Macdonald, RL; Warner, TA, 2017)
"Caffeine treatment at a daily dose of 10 and/or 20 mg/kg, sc was executed during postnatal days 7-11."1.39Different effects of postnatal caffeine treatment on two pentylenetetrazole-induced seizure models persist into adulthood. ( Kubová, H; Mareš, P; Tchekalarova, JD, 2013)
"Cardiac arrhythmias are a proposed cause for some cases of SUDEP, yet the susceptibility and potential mechanism of arrhythmogenesis in Dravet syndrome remain unknown."1.39Altered cardiac electrophysiology and SUDEP in a model of Dravet syndrome. ( Auerbach, DS; Clawson, BC; Isom, LL; Jones, J; Lenk, GM; Meisler, MH; Offord, J; Ogiwara, I; Parent, JM; Yamakawa, K, 2013)
" When drugs were dissolved in vehicles which themselves did not exert effects on seizure susceptibility, the most important factors which influenced drug potencies were: (1) bishaped dose-response curves, i."1.28The role of technical, biological and pharmacological factors in the laboratory evaluation of anticonvulsant drugs. III. Pentylenetetrazole seizure models. ( Fassbender, CP; Hönack, D; Löscher, W; Nolting, B, 1991)

Research

Studies (27)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19902 (7.41)18.7374
1990's5 (18.52)18.2507
2000's8 (29.63)29.6817
2010's10 (37.04)24.3611
2020's2 (7.41)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Riban, V1
Heulard, I1
Reversat, L1
Si Hocine, H1
Verleye, M1
Jankovic, MJ1
Kapadia, PP1
Krishnan, V1
Weuring, WJ1
Singh, S1
Volkers, L1
Rook, MB1
van 't Slot, RH1
Bosma, M1
Inserra, M1
Vetter, I1
Verhoeven-Duif, NM1
Braun, KPJ1
Rivara, M1
Koeleman, BPC1
Warner, TA1
Liu, Z1
Macdonald, RL2
Kang, JQ2
Huang, X1
Zhou, C1
Tian, M1
Shen, W1
Verdier, K1
Pimenta, A1
Silva, LF1
Hoffmann, MS1
Gerbatin, Rda R1
Fiorin, Fda S1
Dobrachinski, F1
Mota, BC1
Wouters, AT1
Pavarini, SP1
Soares, FA1
Fighera, MR1
Royes, LF1
Tchekalarova, JD1
Kubová, H1
Mareš, P3
Auerbach, DS1
Jones, J1
Clawson, BC1
Offord, J1
Lenk, GM1
Ogiwara, I1
Yamakawa, K1
Meisler, MH1
Parent, JM1
Isom, LL1
Popławska, M1
Wróblewska, D1
Borowicz, KK5
de Oliveira, CC1
de Oliveira, CV1
Grigoletto, J1
Ribeiro, LR1
Funck, VR1
Grauncke, AC1
de Souza, TL1
Souto, NS1
Furian, AF1
Menezes, IR1
Oliveira, MS1
Inan, SY1
Aksu, F1
Löscher, W2
González-Ramírez, M1
Razo-Juárez, LI1
Sauer-Ramírez, JL1
González-Trujano, ME1
Salgado-Ceballos, H1
Orozco-Suarez, S1
Piskorska, B1
Stępniak, B1
Czuczwar, SJ4
Luszczki, JJ2
Duda, AM1
Nagaraja, RY1
Grecksch, G1
Reymann, KG1
Schroeder, H1
Becker, A1
Yilmaz, I1
Sezer, Z1
Kayir, H1
Uzbay, TI1
Holmes, GL1
Albala, BJ1
Moshé, SL1
Velísková, J1
Velísek, L2
Rokyta, R1
Micianiková, D1
Luszczki, J1
Kleinrok, Z1
Frye, CA1
Muscatiello, NA1
Halonen, T1
Pitkänen, A1
Partanen, J1
Hyttinen, JM1
Riekkinen, PJ1
Naquet, R1
Veresová, S1
Pôbisová, H1
Hönack, D1
Fassbender, CP1
Nolting, B1
Kryzhanovskiĭ, GN1
Shandra, AA1
Makul'kin, RF1
Godlevskiĭ, LS1

Reviews

1 review available for pentylenetetrazole and Benign Infantile Myoclonic Epilepsy

ArticleYear
Preclinical assessment of proconvulsant drug activity and its relevance for predicting adverse events in humans.
    European journal of pharmacology, 2009, May-21, Volume: 610, Issue:1-3

    Topics: Animals; Anticonvulsants; Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active; Data Interpretation, Statistical; D

2009

Trials

1 trial available for pentylenetetrazole and Benign Infantile Myoclonic Epilepsy

ArticleYear
Effects of fluoxetine on the anticonvulsant action of valproate and ethosuximide in mouse model of myoclonic convulsions.
    Annals of agricultural and environmental medicine : AAEM, 2012, Volume: 19, Issue:3

    Topics: Animals; Anticonvulsants; Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation; Avoidance Learning; Convulsants;

2012

Other Studies

25 other studies available for pentylenetetrazole and Benign Infantile Myoclonic Epilepsy

ArticleYear
Stiripentol inhibits spike-and-wave discharges in animal models of absence seizures: A new mechanism of action involving T-type calcium channels.
    Epilepsia, 2022, Volume: 63, Issue:5

    Topics: Animals; Anticonvulsants; Calcium Channels, T-Type; Dioxolanes; Disease Models, Animal; Electroencep

2022
Home-cage monitoring ascertains signatures of ictal and interictal behavior in mouse models of generalized seizures.
    PloS one, 2019, Volume: 14, Issue:11

    Topics: Animals; Anticonvulsants; Behavior, Animal; Disease Models, Animal; Epilepsies, Myoclonic; Mice; Mon

2019
NaV1.1 and NaV1.6 selective compounds reduce the behavior phenotype and epileptiform activity in a novel zebrafish model for Dravet Syndrome.
    PloS one, 2020, Volume: 15, Issue:3

    Topics: Animals; Anticonvulsants; Disease Models, Animal; Epilepsies, Myoclonic; gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; Hu

2020
Heat induced temperature dysregulation and seizures in Dravet Syndrome/GEFS+ Gabrg2
    Epilepsy research, 2017, Volume: 134

    Topics: Age Factors; Animals; Body Temperature; Convulsants; Disease Models, Animal; Electroencephalography;

2017
Overexpressing wild-type γ2 subunits rescued the seizure phenotype in Gabrg2
    Epilepsia, 2017, Volume: 58, Issue:8

    Topics: Action Potentials; Animals; Convulsants; Electric Stimulation; Epilepsies, Myoclonic; Humans; In Vit

2017
Treadmill exercise protects against pentylenetetrazol-induced seizures and oxidative stress after traumatic brain injury.
    Journal of neurotrauma, 2013, Jul-15, Volume: 30, Issue:14

    Topics: Animals; Brain; Brain Chemistry; Brain Injuries; Convulsants; Electrodes, Implanted; Electroencephal

2013
Different effects of postnatal caffeine treatment on two pentylenetetrazole-induced seizure models persist into adulthood.
    Pharmacological reports : PR, 2013, Volume: 65, Issue:4

    Topics: Aging; Animals; Caffeine; Disease Models, Animal; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Epilepsies, Myoc

2013
Altered cardiac electrophysiology and SUDEP in a model of Dravet syndrome.
    PloS one, 2013, Volume: 8, Issue:10

    Topics: Action Potentials; Animals; Arrhythmias, Cardiac; Cardiac Electrophysiology; Death, Sudden, Cardiac;

2013
Interactions between an antidepressant reboxetine and four classic antiepileptic drugs in the mouse model of myoclonic seizures.
    Pharmacological reports : PR, 2015, Volume: 67, Issue:6

    Topics: Animals; Anticonvulsants; Antidepressive Agents; Avoidance Learning; Clonazepam; Disease Models, Ani

2015
Anticonvulsant activity of β-caryophyllene against pentylenetetrazol-induced seizures.
    Epilepsy & behavior : E&B, 2016, Volume: 56

    Topics: Animals; Anticonvulsants; Convulsants; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Electroencephalography; Epi

2016
Influence of sex on the interaction between dizocilpine (MK-801) pretreatment and acute cold-restraint stress in epilepsy susceptibility in an animal study.
    Gender medicine, 2008, Volume: 5, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Cold Temperature; Dizocilpine Maleate; Epilepsies, Myoclonic; Female; Male; Mice; Mice, Inb

2008
Anticonvulsive effect of vitamin C on pentylenetetrazol-induced seizures in immature rats.
    Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, 2010, Volume: 97, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Anticonvulsants; Ascorbic Acid; Aspartic Acid; Brain Chemistry; Chromatography, High Pressu

2010
Effect of topiramate on the anticonvulsant activity of conventional antiepileptic drugs in two models of experimental epilepsy.
    Epilepsia, 2003, Volume: 44, Issue:5

    Topics: Amygdala; Animals; Anticonvulsants; Convulsants; Disease Models, Animal; Dose-Response Relationship,

2003
Group I metabotropic glutamate receptors interfere in different ways with pentylenetetrazole seizures, kindling, and kindling-related learning deficits.
    Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology, 2004, Volume: 370, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Avoidance Learning; Behavior, Animal; Benzoates; Binding Sites; Dose-Response Relationship,

2004
Isobolographic and subthreshold analysis of interactions among felbamate and four conventional antiepileptic drugs in pentylenetetrazole-induced seizures in mice.
    Epilepsia, 2004, Volume: 45, Issue:10

    Topics: Animals; Anticonvulsants; Behavior, Animal; Clonazepam; Disease Models, Animal; Drug Interactions; D

2004
Mirtazapine does not affect pentylenetetrazole- and maximal electroconvulsive shock-induced seizures in mice.
    Epilepsy & behavior : E&B, 2007, Volume: 11, Issue:1

    Topics: Analysis of Variance; Animals; Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic; Chi-Square Distribution; Depressive

2007
Effect of a single brief seizure on subsequent seizure susceptibility in the immature rat.
    Archives of neurology, 1984, Volume: 41, Issue:8

    Topics: Animals; Disease Susceptibility; Electroshock; Epilepsies, Myoclonic; Epilepsies, Partial; Epilepsy;

1984
Ethosuximide suppresses seizures and lethality induced by picrotoxin in developing rats.
    Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, 1993, Volume: 44, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Anticonvulsants; Behavior, Animal; Epilepsies, Myoclonic; Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic; Ethosuxim

1993
7-Nitroindazole, a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, enhances the anticonvulsive action of ethosuximide and clonazepam against pentylenetetrazol-induced convulsions.
    Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996), 2000, Volume: 107, Issue:10

    Topics: Animals; Anticonvulsants; Avoidance Learning; Clonazepam; Disease Models, Animal; Drug Interactions;

2000
3alpha,5alpha-THP in the raphe magnus attenuates PTZ-induced myoclonic seizures.
    Brain research, 2001, Aug-24, Volume: 911, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Cerebral Cortex; Electroencephalography; Epilepsies, Myoclonic; Epilepsy; Estrus; Female; G

2001
Amino acid levels in cerebrospinal fluid of rats after administration of pentylenetetrazol.
    Comparative biochemistry and physiology. C, Comparative pharmacology and toxicology, 1992, Volume: 101, Issue:1

    Topics: Amino Acids; Animals; Catheterization; Electroencephalography; Epilepsies, Myoclonic; Epilepsy, Toni

1992
Epileptic manifestations and influence on sleep in the baboon Papio papio.
    Epilepsy research. Supplement, 1991, Volume: 2

    Topics: Animals; Cerebral Cortex; Electroencephalography; Epilepsies, Myoclonic; Epilepsy; Epilepsy, Tonic-C

1991
Excitatory amino acid antagonists and pentylenetetrazol-induced seizures during ontogenesis. II. The effects of MK-801.
    Psychopharmacology, 1991, Volume: 104, Issue:4

    Topics: Aging; Amino Acids; Animals; Dizocilpine Maleate; Epilepsies, Myoclonic; Male; Pentylenetetrazole; P

1991
The role of technical, biological and pharmacological factors in the laboratory evaluation of anticonvulsant drugs. III. Pentylenetetrazole seizure models.
    Epilepsy research, 1991, Volume: 8, Issue:3

    Topics: Animals; Anticonvulsants; Epilepsies, Myoclonic; Female; Infusions, Intravenous; Injections, Subcuta

1991
[The hippocampus as the determinant structure generating epileptic activity during korazol kindling].
    Biulleten' eksperimental'noi biologii i meditsiny, 1985, Volume: 99, Issue:5

    Topics: Animals; Behavior, Animal; Cerebral Cortex; Diazepam; Dimethyl Sulfoxide; Electroencephalography; Ep

1985