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This work was supported by Cooperative Agreement from the National Institute <strong>of</strong><br />

Neurological Diseases and Stroke, National Institutes <strong>of</strong> Health [grant number<br />

5U54NS058185-03].<br />

2020 PREGABALIN REDUCES THE DURATION OF ACUTE<br />

SEIZURES INDUCED BY SOMAN EXPOSURE.<br />

M. Furtado 1 , F. Rossetti 1 , L. Lumley 2 , M. Addis 1 , M. M<strong>of</strong>fett 2 , B. Robertson 1 ,<br />

K. Bailey 1 , S. Chanda 1 , N. Kelley 2 , M. Stone 2 , T. Pak 1 , S. Lichtenstein 1 and D.<br />

Yourick 1 . 1 Walter Reed Army Institute <strong>of</strong> Research, Silver Spring, MD and 2 U.S.<br />

Army Medical Research Institute <strong>of</strong> Chemical Defense, Aberdeen Proving Ground,<br />

Edgewood, MD.<br />

Organophosporous (OP) compounds are acetylcholinesterase inhibitors that constitute<br />

a hazard and exposure induces status epilepticus (SE), brain injury and spontaneous<br />

recurrent seizures (SRS). Long-term pregabalin treatment delays the occurrence<br />

<strong>of</strong> SRS in the lithium-pilocarpine model, protecting piriform and entorhinal<br />

cortex. Pregabalin is also used for the treatment <strong>of</strong> partial-onset seizures in patients<br />

that are nonresponsive to conventional treatments. In this study we tested if pregabalin,<br />

in combination with diazepam is effective against OP-induced seizures. Male<br />

Sprague-Dawley rats had EEG recorded through telemetry (Data Sciences<br />

International) 24 hours/day. Animals were pretreated with HI-6 (125 mg/kg, i.p.)<br />

30 min prior to exposure to soman (110 μg/kg, s.c.) at USAMRICD. Rats were injected<br />

with atropine (2 mg/kg, i.m.) one min after exposure and diazepam (10<br />

mg/kg, s.c.) was injected 30 min post SE onset in conjunction with pregabalin<br />

(200, 100 and 50 mg/kg i.p.) or vehicle. Animals were euthanized 15 days after exposure<br />

and brains were processed for nissl, silver and fluorojade B staining.<br />

Electrographic seizures were estimated through the use <strong>of</strong> a customized MATLAB<br />

toolbox (Mathworks, Vers. 7) and confirmed by visual screening. <strong>The</strong> preliminary<br />

findings indicated that animals treated with 200, 100 or 50 mg/kg <strong>of</strong> pregabalin<br />

had termination <strong>of</strong> initial SE earlier than the control rats (One Way ANOVA,<br />

p

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