hydantoin/seizures

The non-specific opiate antagonist naloxone protects immature rats from hyperthermic seizures which occur when the animals are exposed to an environment of 40 degrees C and 55% humidity. Most of the currently used antiepileptic therapeutic agents can be said to contain either a hydantoin or a moiety

To test the effect of maternal seizure disorders on prenatal structural development, the mouse neurological mutant quaking (qk) was used. Administering phenytoin in the drinking water of females homozygous for the quaking allele reduced the frequency of tonic-clonic seizures typical for this mutant

The value of prophylactic anti-epileptic treatment in surgery of osteomeningeal breaches has been studied. This surgery exposes to a high risk of seizures, 20 to 25 of our cases after conventional surgery. 74 operated cases of osteomeningeal breaches, among then 38 under preventive anti-epileptic

Seizures may occur in acute intermittent porphyria or other hepatic porphyrias. Management is difficult, because barbiturates and hydantoins exacerbate the porphyric state. We studied one patient with major motor seizures and acute intermittent porphyria. The seizure disorder was exacerbated by

Selectively substituted hydantoins 1 (15 examples), 4-hydroxy-2-imidazolidinones 2 (13 examples), 2-imidazolones 3 (10 examples), 2-imidazolidinones 4 (four examples), vicinal diamines 5 (two examples), and simple amino acid derivatives 6 (four examples) have been prepared and evaluated in the

Glutamic acid diethyl ester (GDEE) is a glutamate antagonist which acts preferentially at the quisqualate-sensitive receptor and has been shown to be an effective anticonvulsant in alcohol withdrawal and homocysteine-induced seizures but ineffective in other seizure models. To better characterize

Serum folate concentrations, blood counts, and antiepileptic drug concentrations were measured during 133 pregnancies of 125 women with epilepsy. There was an inverse correlation between serum folate concentrations and concentrations of phenytoin and phenobarbitone. The number of epileptic seizures

The anti-convulsive action of dipropyl acetic acid (Convulex) was tested in 21 patients with grandmal seizures (GM) and/or temporal lobe attacks (TL), or with Jacksonian epilepsy. Patients were chosen according to a negative selection system. Results showed that in GM and TL seizures, Convulex

Thrombocytopenia, defined as a platelet count less than 150 000/µL, occurs as a result of decreased production, sequestration, or peripheral destruction. Drug-induced thrombocytopenia is a clinically important adverse drug event involving many drugs including hydantoins. This report details an acute

Serum-immunoglobulin concentrations were measured in 364 patients with epilepsy. On dividing the patients into those treated with or without hydantoins, and according to possible aetiological factors, a characteristic pattern emerged. Irrespective of the treatment given, the mean values of IgA were

Disposition of 1-benzenesulfonyl-5,5-diphenylhydantoin (II) having a potent anti-inflammatory activity was compared with that of 5,5-diphenylhydantoin (I), an antiepileptic drug, in order to elucidate whether the pharmacodynamic difference between them can be explained by their physicochemical and

From a series of N-substituted hydantoin derivatives, 1-phenyl-3-(o-chloro-p-sulfonamide-phenyl)-hydantoin was found to exhibit the best anticonvulsant activity against electroshock seizures. This substance showed also a weak activity against pentylenetetrazole seizures, as well as minor analgesic