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  • Title: gamma-Aminobutyric acid and benzodiazepine binding sites in audiogenic seizure-susceptible mice.
    Author: Horton RW, Prestwich SA, Meldrum BS.
    Journal: J Neurochem; 1982 Sep; 39(3):864-70. PubMed ID: 6284878.
    Abstract:
    The properties of gamma-aminobutyric acid recognition sites, benzodiazepine binding sites and the effect of exogeneous gamma-aminobutyric acid on benzodiazepine binding were determined in crude membrane fractions prepared from the brains of DBA/2 mice at ages before (8-9 and 17-18 days), during (22-23 and 28-29 days) and after (40-43 days) the age of high susceptibility to audiogenic seizures. These have been compared with data from age-matched mice of a strain (TO) with lower audiogenic seizure susceptibility. The number of high-affinity [3H]gamma-aminobutyric acid binding sites was lower at all ages in DBA/2 mice compared with TO mice, but the affinity was higher in DBA/2 mice. The number of low-affinity [3H]gamma-aminobutyric acid binding sites was lower at 8-9 days and 40-43 days in DBA/2 mice, but was not significantly different from TO mice at other ages. For [3H]flunitrazepam binding, the only difference found was a slight reduction in the number of binding sites at 28-29 days of age in DBA/2 mice. gamma-Aminobutyric acid stimulation of [3H]flunitrazepam binding was not significantly different up to 22-23 days of age, but was higher in DBA/2 mice at 28-29 days and lower at 40-43 days. Impairment of gamma-aminobutyric acid function is a possible permissive factor in the age-dependent audiogenic seizure susceptibility in DBA/2 mice.
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