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Role of CNS efflux drug transporters in antiepileptic drug delivery: overcoming CNS efflux drug transportHeidrun Potschka
Institute of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Pharmacy, Ludwig Maximilians University, Koeniginstr 16, D 80539 Munich, Germany
Adv Drug Deliv Rev 64:943-52. 2012....
Cellular localization of Y-box binding protein 1 in brain tissue of rats, macaques, and humansBernadette Unkrüer
Institute of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Pharmacy, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany
BMC Neurosci 10:28. 2009..The Y-box binding protein 1 (YB-1) is considered to be one of the key regulators of transcription and translation. However, so far only limited knowledge exists regarding its cellular distribution in the adult brain...
Transporter hypothesis of drug-resistant epilepsy: challenges for pharmacogenetic approachesHeidrun Potschka
Institute of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmacy, Ludwig Maximilians University, Koeniginstr 16, D 80539 Munich, Germany
Pharmacogenomics 11:1427-38. 2010..In this article, the evidence for an impact of efflux transporters on the response to antiepileptic drugs is discussed, focusing in particular on the different issues presenting a challenge for pharmacogenetic approaches in this field...
Targeting the prostaglandin E2 EP1 receptor and cyclooxygenase-2 in the amygdala kindling model in miceSarah Verena Fischborn
Institute of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Pharmacy, Ludwig Maximilian University, Koeniginstr 16, D 80539 Munich, Germany
Epilepsy Res 91:57-65. 2010..The contrasting impact of the EP1 receptor antagonist and agonist suggests that EP1 receptors can influence endogenous mechanisms involved in termination of seizure activity...
Modulating P-glycoprotein regulation: future perspectives for pharmacoresistant epilepsies?Heidrun Potschka
Institute of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Pharmacy, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
Epilepsia 51:1333-47. 2010..In this context current efforts are discussed, including the development of imaging tools that allow an evaluation of P-glycoprotein function in individual patients...
Targeting regulation of ABC efflux transporters in brain diseases: a novel therapeutic approachHeidrun Potschka
Institute of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Pharmacy, Ludwig Maximilians University, Koeniginstr 16, D 80539 Munich, Germany
Pharmacol Ther 125:118-27. 2010....
Deficiency of neural cell adhesion molecule or its polysialylation modulates pharmacological effects of the AMPA receptor antagonist NBQXH Potschka
Institute of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Pharmacy, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Koeniginstr 16, 80539 Munich, Germany
Neuroscience 152:1093-8. 2008..Thus, disease-related changes in the polysialylation of NCAM are likely to be associated with effects on the efficacy and tolerability of AMPA receptor antagonists...
Impact of seizure activity on free extracellular phenytoin concentrations in amygdala-kindled ratsHeidrun Potschka
Institute of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmacy, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
Neuropharmacology 61:909-17. 2011....
Acute changes in the neuronal expression of GABA and glutamate decarboxylase isoforms in the rat piriform cortex following status epilepticusC Freichel
Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Pharmacy, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, , D-30559 Hannover, Germany
Neuroscience 141:2177-94. 2006..The data substantiate the particular susceptibility of the central PC to seizure-induced plasticity and indicate that this brain region provides an interesting tool to study the regulation of GAD isoenzymes...
Multidrug resistance-associated protein is involved in the regulation of extracellular levels of phenytoin in the brainH Potschka
Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmacy, School of Veterinary Medicine, 30559 Hannover, Germany
Neuroreport 12:2387-9. 2001..The data indicate that MRP critically participates in the regulation of extracellular brain concentrations of the major antiepileptic drug phenytoin...
Neuronal expression of the drug efflux transporter P-glycoprotein in the rat hippocampus after limbic seizuresH A Volk
Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmacy, School of Veterinary Medicine, , D-30559, Hannover, Germany
Neuroscience 123:751-9. 2004....
Celecoxib treatment restores pharmacosensitivity in a rat model of pharmacoresistant epilepsyJ Schlichtiger
Institute of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Pharmacy, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
Br J Pharmacol 160:1062-71. 2010..Based on these data, we hypothesized that blocking the appropriate signalling cascade by cyclooxygenase-2 inhibition should improve brain penetration of antiepileptic drugs and help to overcome drug resistance...
N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor blockade after status epilepticus protects against limbic brain damage but not against epilepsy in the kainate model of temporal lobe epilepsyC Brandt
Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmacy, School of Veterinary Medicine, , D-30559 Hannover, Germany
Neuroscience 118:727-40. 2003..E. is an effective means to reduce the damage produced by a sustained S.E. in several brain regions, including the hippocampus, but show that this partial neuroprotection of the limbic system does not prevent the development of epilepsy...
Repeated low-dose treatment of rats with pilocarpine: low mortality but high proportion of rats developing epilepsyM Glien
Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmacy, School of Veterinary Medicine, , D-30559 Hannover, Germany
Epilepsy Res 46:111-9. 2001..The present study demonstrates that systemic treatment of lithium-pretreated rats with several low doses of pilocarpine efficiently produces SE and chronic epilepsy with much lower mortality rates than single-dose pilocarpine...
Distemper virus encephalitis exerts detrimental effects on hippocampal neurogenesisE L von Rüden
Institute of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Pharmacy, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 38:426-42. 2012..Canine distemper is considered an interesting model of virus encephalitis, which can be associated with a chronic progressing disease course and can cause symptomatic seizures...
P-glycoprotein and multidrug resistance-associated protein are involved in the regulation of extracellular levels of the major antiepileptic drug carbamazepine in the brainH Potschka
Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmacy, School of Veterinary Medicine, , D-30559 Hannover, Germany
Neuroreport 12:3557-60. 2001..The data indicate that both PGP and MRP participate in the regulation of extracellular brain concentrations of the major AED carbamazepine...
In vivo evidence for P-glycoprotein-mediated transport of phenytoin at the blood-brain barrier of ratsH Potschka
Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Pharmacy, School of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany
Epilepsia 42:1231-40. 2001....
Over-expression of P-glycoprotein in the canine brain following spontaneous status epilepticusA Pekcec
Institute of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Pharmacy, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany
Epilepsy Res 83:144-51. 2009..Clinical studies with Pgp modulating compounds are currently envisaged in canine epilepsy...
Age-dependent decline of blood-brain barrier P-glycoprotein expression in the canine brainA Pekcec
Inst of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Pharmacy, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Koeniginstr 16, 80539 Munich, Germany
Neurobiol Aging 32:1477-85. 2011..Future studies are necessary to further evaluate the correlation between Abeta deposits and P-glycoprotein expression in different phases of the disease...
Frontal versus transcorneal stimulation to induce maximal electroshock seizures or kindling in mice and ratsP Wlaz
Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmacy, School of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany
Epilepsy Res 30:219-29. 1998..Nevertheless, this type of stimulation cannot be used to produce minimal electroshock seizures and seems not to be useful to produce kindling in rats and mice...
Impact of Theiler's virus infection on hippocampal neuronal progenitor cells: differential effects in two mouse strainsM Jafari
Institute of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Pharmacy, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 38:647-64. 2012....
Kindling-induced overexpression of Homer 1A and its functional implications for epileptogenesisH Potschka
Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Pharmacy, School of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany
Eur J Neurosci 16:2157-65. 2002....
