Authors
David Martin, Michael A Thompson, J Victor Nadler
Publication date
1993/12/21
Journal
European journal of pharmacology
Volume
250
Issue
3
Pages
473-476
Publisher
Elsevier
Description
Riluzole is believed to exert its anticonvulsant and neuroprotective actions by reducing glutamate release. This study demonstrated that 10–30 μM riluzole reduces the K+-evoked release of glutamate and aspartate from slices of hippocampal area CA1. Only higher concentrations reduced γ-aminobutyrate (GABA) release. These actions of riluzole were not occluded by tetrodotoxin. Riluzole did not diminish the ability of glutamate analogues to depolarize CA1 pyramidal cells, as determined from grease-gap recordings. Therefore the anticonvulsant and neuroprotective actions of riluzole in the hippocampus may be at least partly explained by its ability to inhibit glutamate/aspartate release from synaptic terminals.
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D Martin, MA Thompson, JV Nadler - European journal of pharmacology, 1993