Effect of Ganaxolone in a Rodent Model of Cerebral Hematoma
Author(s) -
Patrick Lyden,
Caroline Shin,
Catherine Jackson-Friedman,
Steven Hassid,
Anthony Chong
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/01.str.31.1.169
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnanolone , neuroactive steroid , hematoma , anesthesia , intracerebral hemorrhage , brain damage , pharmacology , gabaa receptor , surgery , receptor , subarachnoid hemorrhage
Therapy with gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) agonists appears to improve outcome after experimental hematoma but with unacceptable side effects. We looked to synthetic GABA agonists, or positive GABA modulators, widely developed as anticonvulsants and anxiolytics, to find compounds that may be effective. Ganaxolone is a synthetic neuroactive steroid that positively modulates GABA. We sought to determine whether ganaxolone was beneficial using a model of intracerebral hematoma.
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