Riluzole reduces brain lesions and improves neurological function in rats after a traumatic brain injury

Brain Research
F WahlJ M Stutzmann

Abstract

Riluzole (2-amino 6-trifluoromethoxy-benzothiazole) was studied in a rat model of traumatic brain injury (TBI) induced by a fluid percussion applied laterally to the right parietal cortex. Study I: vehicle or riluzole (4 or 8 mg/kg) was administered 15 min (i.v.), 6 h and 24 h (s.c.), after TBI. Brain lesions were quantified 1 week after insult. Riluzole significantly reduced the size of TBI-induced lesions by approximately 44% with either dose regime (P < 0.05). Study II: vehicle or riluzole (8 mg/kg) was administered 15 min (i.v.), 6 h (i.p.) and then twice daily (i.p.) for 6 days, after injury. One, 2 and 3 weeks after TBI, a neurological examination was performed. Control injured rats had a significant neurological deficit at 1, 2 and 3 weeks (P < 0.001). Riluzole treatment did not modify the neurological status evaluated for the first 2 weeks after TBI. However at 3 weeks, riluzole significant improved the neurological function of injured rats (P < 0.05). These results suggest that riluzole may be beneficial in the clinical treatment of TBI. The protective action of riluzole may result from (i) stabilization of the inactivated state of voltage-dependent sodium channels, (ii) indirect action on the glutamatergic pathway, an...Continue Reading

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