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We have previously shown that microdialysis perfusion of the K+ channel blocker 4-aminopyridine (4-AP) in rat hippocampus induces convulsions and neurodegeneration, due to the stimulation of glutamate release from synaptic terminals. Retigabine is an opener of the KCNQ2/Q3-type K+ channel that possesses antiepileptic action and may be neuroprotective, and we have therefore studied its effect on the hyperexcitation, the neuronal damage and the changes in extracellular glutamate induced by 4-AP. Retigabine and 4-AP were co-administered by microdialysis in the hippocampus of anesthetized rats, with simultaneous recording of the EEG, and the extracellular concentration of glutamate was measured in the microdialysis fractions. In 70–80% of the rats tested retigabine reduced the 4-AP-induced stimulation of glutamate release and prevented the neuronal damage observed at 24 h in the CA1 hippocampal region. However, retigabine did not block the EEG epileptic discharges and their duration was reduced in only 20–25% of the tested animals. We conclude that the neuroprotective action of retigabine is probably due to the blockade of the 4-AP-induced stimulation of glutamate release. This inhibition, however, was not sufficient to block the epileptic activity.
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Mora, G., Tapia, R. Effects of Retigabine on the Neurodegeneration and Extracellular Glutamate Changes Induced by 4-Aminopyridine in Rat Hippocampus In Vivo . Neurochem Res 30, 1557–1565 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11064-005-8834-8
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