Effect of Anticonvulsant Felbamate on GABAA Receptor System
- 1 June 1991
- Vol. 32 (3) , 389-391
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1528-1157.1991.tb04667.x
Abstract
Felbamate (FBM, 2-phenyl-1,3-propanediol dicarbamate), a potential antiepileptic drug (AED), has an unknown mechanism of action. We examined possible interaction of FBM with GABAA ergic transmission. FBM did not alter specific binding of ligands to GABA. benzodiazepine, and picrotoxin sites of the oligomeric GABAA receptor complex to rat brain membranes, nor did it enhance the effect of GABA on 36Cl-influx in well-characterized cultured spinal cord neurons. These results suggest that the anticonvulsant effect of FBM does not involve GABAA ergic transmission.Keywords
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