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Characterization of acute adverse-effect profi le of carbamazepine and valproate in the grip-strength test in mice
 
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Department of Pathophysiology, Medical University, Lublin, Poland; Department of Physiopathology, Institute of Agricultural Medicine, Lublin, Poland
 
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Department of Pathophysiology, Medical University, Lublin, Poland
 
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Department of Physiopathology, Institute of Agricultural Medicine, Lublin, Poland
 
 
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Jarogniew J. Łuszczki   

Department of Pathophysiology, Medical University, Jaczewskiego 8, 20-090 Lublin, Poland
 
 
J Pre Clin Clin Res. 2008;2(1):46-48
 
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The aim of this study was to assess the acute adverse (neurotoxic) effects of two conventional antiepileptic drugs (carbamazepine and valproate) in the grip-strength test by measuring skeletal muscular strength in mice. Linear regression analysis of dose-response relationship for drug doses and their corresponding skeletal muscular strength allowed the determination of the doses of carbamazepine and valproate that reduced the grip-strength in mice by 50%, as compared to control mice. The experimentally-derived strength reducing dose by 50% for carbamazepine was 80.8 mg/kg, and that for valproate – 501.2 mg/kg. Based on this preclinical study, one can conclude that carbamazepine and valproate reduced in a dose-dependent manner skeletal muscular strength in mice. The grip-strength test can be applied as a paradigm for the evaluation of acute adverse-effect (neurotoxic) profile of drugs with respect to their influence on muscular strength in experimental mice.
 
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