Anticonvulsive Effects and Pharmacokinetic Profile of Cannabidiol (CBD) in the Pentylenetetrazol (PTZ) or N-Methyl-D-Aspartate (NMDA) Models of Seizures in Infantile Rats

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985823%3A_____%2F22%3A00555874" target="_blank" >RIV/67985823:_____/22:00555874 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11120/22:43922705 RIV/00064165:_____/22:10435609 RIV/00216208:11110/22:10435609

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/23/1/94" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/23/1/94</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms23010094" target="_blank" >10.3390/ijms23010094</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Anticonvulsive Effects and Pharmacokinetic Profile of Cannabidiol (CBD) in the Pentylenetetrazol (PTZ) or N-Methyl-D-Aspartate (NMDA) Models of Seizures in Infantile Rats

Original language description

In spite of use of cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychoactive cannabinoid, in pediatric patients with epilepsy, preclinical studies on its effects in immature animals are very limited. In the present study we investigated anti-seizure activity of CBD (10 and 60 mg/kg administered intraperitoneally) in two models of chemically induced seizures in infantile (12-days old) rats. Seizures were induced either with pentylenetetrazol (PTZ) or N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA). In parallel, brain and plasma levels of CBD and possible motor adverse effects were assessed in the righting reflex and the bar holding tests. CBD was ineffective against NMDA-induced seizures, but in a dose 60 mg/kg abolished the tonic phase of PTZ-induced generalized seizures. Plasma and brain levels of CBD were determined up to 24 h after administration. Peak CBD levels in the brain (996 +/- 128 and 5689 +/- 150 ng/g after the 10- and 60-mg/kg doses, respectively) were reached 1-2 h after administration and were still detectable 24 h later (120 +/- 12 and 904 +/- 63 ng/g, respectively). None of the doses negatively affected motor performance within 1 h after administration, but CBD in both doses blocked improvement in the bar holding test with repeated exposure to this task. Taken together, anti-seizure activity of CBD in infantile animals is dose and model dependent, and at therapeutic doses CBD does not cause motor impairment. The potential risk of CBD for motor learning seen in repeated motor tests has to be further examined.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30104 - Pharmacology and pharmacy

Project

<a href="/en/project/EF16_025%2F0007444" target="_blank" >EF16_025/0007444: PharmaBrain</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

ISSN

1422-0067

e-ISSN

1422-0067

Volume of the periodical

23

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

94

UT code for WoS article

000741693700001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85121459656