Faheem Hyder Pottoo, Nahida Tabassum, Md Noushad Javed, Shah Nigar, Rouqia Rasheed, Ayash Khan, Md Abul Barkat, Md Sabir Alam, Amir Maqbool, Mohammad Azam Ansari, George E Barreto, Ghulam Md Ashraf
The present antiepileptic drugs pose several problems in the management of seizures owing to their meager neuroprotective potential, adverse effects on bone, detrimental effects on cognitive function, chronic toxicity, drug interactions, side effects including aggression, agitation, and irritability and sometimes exacerbation of seizures. We followed up progressive preclinical investigation in mice against pilocarpine (PILO)-induced status epilepticus (SE) and temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). To determine the response of raloxifene (RF) (4 and 8 mg/kg), fluoxetine (FT) (14 and 22 mg/kg), bromocriptine (BC) (6 and 10 mg/kg), and their low-dose combinations, oral treatment was scheduled for 28 days followed by PILO (300 mg/kg, i...
February 2019: Molecular Neurobiology