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ArticleBiomedicines2023

Evaluation of the Antioxidant Activity of Levetiracetam in a Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Model.

Iván Ignacio-Mejía, Itzel Jatziri Contreras-García, Julieta Griselda Mendoza-Torreblanca, Omar Noel Medina-Campos, José Pedraza-Chaverri, Mercedes Edna García-Cruz, Antonio Romo-Mancillas, Saúl Gómez-Manzo, Cindy Bandala, María Elena Sánchez-Mendoza and 2 more

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Article in Biomedicines, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Iván Ignacio-MejíaLaboratorio de Farmacología de Plantas Medicinales Mexicanas, Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City 11340, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0003-3792-4613
Itzel Jatziri Contreras-GarcíaLaboratorio de Fisiología, Escuela Militar de Graduados de Sanidad, UDEFA, Mexico City 11200, Mexico.
Julieta Griselda Mendoza-TorreblancaLaboratorio de Neurociencias, Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, Secretaría de Salud, Mexico City 04530, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0003-0702-5318
Omar Noel Medina-CamposDepartamento de Biología, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 04510, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0001-8264-0412
José Pedraza-ChaverriDepartamento de Biología, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 04510, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0001-6628-4411
Mercedes Edna García-CruzLaboratorio de Neurociencias, Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, Secretaría de Salud, Mexico City 04530, Mexico.
Antonio Romo-MancillasLaboratorio de Diseño Asistido por Computadora y Síntesis de Fármacos, Facultad de Química, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Centro Universitario, Querétaro 76010, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0003-2869-588X
Saúl Gómez-ManzoLaboratorio de Bioquímica Genética, Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, Secretaría de Salud, Mexico City 04530, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0003-2095-9182
Cindy BandalaEscuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City 11340, Mexico.
María Elena Sánchez-MendozaLaboratorio de Farmacología de Plantas Medicinales Mexicanas, Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City 11340, Mexico.
Luz Adriana Pichardo-MacíasDepartamento de Fisiología, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Mexico City 07738, Mexico.
Noemí Cárdenas-RodríguezLaboratorio de Neurociencias, Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, Secretaría de Salud, Mexico City 04530, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-6580-3440
Instituto Politécnico Nacional · MXSecretaria de Salud · MXUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México · MXAutonomous University of Queretaro · MXUniversidad del Ejército y Fuerza Aérea · MX

Funding

E022 Program of the Instituto Nacional de Pediatría 2022/048Fondo Sectorial de Investigación, CONACyT A1-S-17090Instituto Politécnico Nacional 20221351
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epilepsy is a neurological disorder in which it has been shown that the presence of oxidative stress (OS) is implicated in epileptogenesis. The literature has shown that some antiseizure drugs (ASD) have neuroprotective properties. Levetiracetam (LEV) is a drug commonly used as an ASD, and in some studies, it has been found to possess antioxidant properties. Because the antioxidant effects of LEV have not been demonstrated in the chronic phase of epilepsy, the objective of this study was to evaluate, for the first time, the effects of LEV on the oxidant-antioxidant status in the hippocampus of rats with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). The in vitro scavenging capacity of LEV was evaluated. LEV administration in rats with TLE significantly increased superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity, increased catalase (CAT) activity, but did not change glutathione peroxidase (GPx) activity, and significantly decreased glutathione reductase (GR) activity in comparison with epileptic rats. LEV administration in rats with TLE significantly reduced hydrogen peroxide (H

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antioxidantlevetiracetamneuroprotectiontemporal lobe epilepsy

Identifiers

PMID36979827
PMCPMC10045287
OpenAlexW4324054961

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