fluoride/seizures

GABA, which generally mediates inhibitory synaptic transmissions, occasionally acts as an excitatory transmitter through intense GABA(A) receptor activation even in adult animals. The excitatory effect results from alterations in the gradients of chloride, bicarbonate, and potassium ions, but its

The aim of this study was to determine the influence of arachidonyl-2'-chloroethylamide (ACEA - a highly selective cannabinoid type 1 [CB1] receptor agonist) on the protective action and acute adverse effects of carbamazepine, lamotrigine, oxcarbazepine, phenobarbital, phenytoin, and topiramate in

Previous investigations have suggested that GABA may act actively as an excitatory mediator in the generation of seizure-like (ictal) or interictal epileptiform activity in several experimental models of temporal lobe epilepsy. However, it remains to be known whether or not such GABAergic excitation

The inhalation toxicity of the structural fumigant sulfuryl fluoride (SO2F2) was evaluated in rats and rabbits. Exposures for a preliminary 2-week study were 6 hr/day, 5 days/week, to 0, 100, 300, or 600 ppm SO2F2. Nine of ten rats at 600 ppm died or were moribund between the second and sixth

Structural fumigations using sulfuryl fluoride for the extermination of dry-wood termites are conducted by the thousands in California and other warm-weather states. Sulfuryl fluoride is an odorless gas that targets the nervous system and can cause respiratory irritation, pulmonary edema, nausea,

Rats exposed to 4000 ppm sulfuryl fluoride (VIKANE gas fumigant, SO2F2) were incapacitated within 45 min and died within several hours after exposure. Exposure to higher concentrations resulted in a shorter time to incapacitation and death occurred within minutes. Treatment with calcium gluconate

Endogenous cannabinoid ligands and cannabinoid CB1 receptor agonists have been shown to exert anticonvulsant effects in various experimental models of epilepsy. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of arachidonyl-2'-chloroethylamide (ACEA-a highly selective cannabinoid CB1 receptor

Endocannabinoids are released in response to pathogenic insults, and inhibitors of endocannabinoid inactivation enhance such on-demand responses that promote cellular protection. Here, AM374 (palmitylsulfonyl fluoride), an irreversible inhibitor of fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH), was injected

Endogenous cannabinoid ligands and cannabinoid CB(1) receptor agonists have been shown to exert potent anticonvulsant effects in various experimental models of epilepsy. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of arachidonyl-2'-chloroethylamide (ACEA;

BACKGROUND Sanjad--Sakati syndrome (SSS) is a genetic disease confined to Arab populations in the Middle- East countries and characterized by hypoparathyroidism, hypocalcaemia and hyperphosphataemia, severe intrauterine and postnatal growth failure, respiratory infection susceptibility prone,

BACKGROUND We present an interesting and unusual case of a 61-year-old woman with bilateral, undisplaced, stress neck of femur fractures associated with short-term steroid use. Insufficiency fractures of the neck of femur without preceding trauma have been described in the literature, although

Five maxillary anterior teeth lost during a grand mal epileptic seizure, were replanted using the technique recently described by Andreasen (1), after an extra-alveolar period of more than 72 h. The teeth were replanted surgically, 10 days after being avulsed, after they had been immersed in a 2.4%

Hypocalcemia is a serious condition which has a major impact on the transmission of nerve impulses, contraction and relaxation of muscles (including myocardial) and pathological secretion of some hormones. The basic causal treatment is the parenteral administration of calcium, namely calcium

According to the record of the Poison Control Centre in Zagreb, drugs most frequently implicated in poisoning episodes were benzodiazepines, neuroleptics, anticonvulsants including barbiturates, fluorides and antidepressants, which comprised more than 40% of all drug poisonings. More than 90% of

General anesthesia has been recommended to control convulsive status epilepticus that is refractory to conventional anticonvulsant therapy. Halothane has been the recommended agent, but without experimental justification. Isoflurane, which has no reported organ toxicity and produces electrographic