Brain cells need to work (fire) at a certain rate to function normally. During a seizure, brain cells are forced to work much more rapidly than normal. Gabapentin helps prevent brain cells from working as fast as a seizure requires...
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TAKE CONTROL TODAY ETP New - How does gabapentin affect the brain?
Created by ETPat03/10/2005 - 8:20am|84 Views Brain cells need to work (fire) at a certain rate to function normally. During a seizure, brain cells are forced to work much more rapidly than normal. Gabapentin helps prevent brain cells from working as fast as a seizure requires...
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ETP New - How does Gabitril affect the brain?
Created by ETPat02/22/2005 - 10:49am|55 Views Gabitril increases the concentration of a chemical in the brain called gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA). GABA is the major inhibitory neurotransmitter, which means that when GABA is transmitted from one brain cell to another, the second...
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ETP New - How does Neurontin affect the brain?: Basic
Created by ETPat02/22/2005 - 10:50am|273 Views
Brain cells need to work (fire) at a certain rate to function normally. During a seizure, brain cells are forced to work much more rapidly than normal. Neurontin helps prevent brain cells from working as fast as a seizure requires...
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ETP New - How does Neurontin affect the brain?: Intermediate
Created by ETPat02/22/2005 - 10:51am|56 Views Brain cells need to work (fire) at a certain rate to function normally. During a seizure, brain cells are forced to work much more rapidly than normal. Neurontin helps prevent brain...
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ETP New - How does Topamax affect the brain?: Intermediate
Created by ETPat03/08/2005 - 9:49am|315 Views
Brain cells need to work (fire) at a certain rate to function normally. During a seizure, brain cells are forced to work much more rapidly than normal. Topamax helps prevent brain cells from working as fast as a seizure requires...
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ETP New - Mechanisms of action
Created by ETPat03/08/2005 - 9:47am|70 Views
Carbamazepine blocks frequency-, use- and voltage-dependent neuronal sodium channels, and therefore limits repetitive firing of action potentials.
It also affects...
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ETP New - Mechanisms of action of Felbatol: Professional
Created by ETPat02/22/2005 - 10:44am|50 Views Felbatol potentiates gamma aminobutyric acd (GABA) function, and blocks voltage-dependent sodium channels as well as the ionic channel at the N-methyl-D-aspartate excitatory amino...
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ETP New - Mechanisms of action of Gabapentin
Created by ETPat03/10/2005 - 9:00am|78 Views Gabapentin was formed by the addition of a cyclohexyl group to gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), which allowed this form of GABA to cross the blood-brain barrier.
Despite its structural similarity to GABA, gabapentin does not...
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ETP New - Mechanisms of action of Gabitril
Created by ETPat03/09/2005 - 9:23am|58 Views Gabitril has a unique mechanism of action. It blocks the neuronal and glial reuptake of gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA) after its release from postsynaptic GABA receptors, thereby enhancing GABA-mediated inhibition at central nervous...
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ETP New - Mechanisms of action of Neurontin: Advanced
Created by ETPat10/24/2005 - 7:34am|97 Views Neurontin was formed by the addition of a cyclohexyl group to gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), which allowed this form of GABA to cross the blood-brain barrier.
Despite its structural similarity to GABA, Neurontin does not bind...
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