[Evaluation of antiepileptic effects of cortexin in a model of convulsions]

Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova. 2011;111(12):68-73.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

We studied antiepileptic effects of cortexin administered in doses 0,015, 0,15 and 1,0 mg/kg intraperitoneally in solution or intranasally in the complex with nanoparticles in a model of acute and chronic convulsions in rats induced by pentylenetetrazole. In the model of epileptic status, the long-term preliminary administration of cortexin had no effect on convulsions while in the model of chronic convulsions (temporal epilepsy), cortexin had a marked dose-dependent antiepileptic effect. The influence of cortexin on neuroplasticity and its clinical potential are discussed.

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Intranasal
  • Animals
  • Anticonvulsants / administration & dosage*
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
  • Intraabdominal Infections
  • Male
  • Peptides / administration & dosage*
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Seizures / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Anticonvulsants
  • Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
  • Peptides
  • cortexin