Anticonvulsant effects of caerulein, cholecystokinin octapeptide (CCK-8) and diazepam against seizures produced in mice by harman, thiosemicarbazide and isoniazid

Neurosci Lett. 1981 Jul 2;24(2):175-80. doi: 10.1016/0304-3940(81)90244-5.

Abstract

Caerulein, cholecystokinin octapeptide (CCK-8) and diazepam delayed the onset of seizures produced by harman and thiosemicarbazide (TSC). Caerulein had the potency of diazepam, whereas CCK-8 was less active by a factor of four. The convulsions induced by isoniazid (INH) were very resistant to both caerulein and diazepam; CCK-8 was not tested against isoniazid. Haloperidol did not influence the effect of TSC; it enhanced isoniazid-induced seizures, and antagonized the convulsant effect of harman.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anticonvulsants*
  • Ceruletide / pharmacology*
  • Cholecystokinin / analogs & derivatives*
  • Cholecystokinin / pharmacology
  • Diazepam / pharmacology*
  • Haloperidol / pharmacology
  • Harmine / analogs & derivatives
  • Isoniazid
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred Strains
  • Seizures / chemically induced
  • Seizures / physiopathology*
  • Semicarbazides
  • Sincalide

Substances

  • Anticonvulsants
  • Semicarbazides
  • Harmine
  • thiosemicarbazide
  • harman
  • Ceruletide
  • Cholecystokinin
  • Haloperidol
  • Sincalide
  • Diazepam
  • Isoniazid