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Distribution of Anticonvulsant Drugs in Gray and White Matter of Human Brain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 November 2018

C. D. Harvey ,
A. L. Sherwin  and
E. van der Kleun
C. D. Harvey
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology and Neuro-surgery, McGill Universityand the Montreal Neurological Institute, and the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Nijmegan
A. L. Sherwin*
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology and Neuro-surgery, McGill Universityand the Montreal Neurological Institute, and the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Nijmegan
E. van der Kleun
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology and Neuro-surgery, McGill Universityand the Montreal Neurological Institute, and the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Nijmegan
*
Neuro-pharmacology Laboratory, Montreal Neurological Institute, 3801 University Street, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4, Canada
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Gray and white matter were obtained during neurosurgical therapy of focal epilepsy from 17 patients. In 10 patients, receiving only phenobarbital, the drug was uniformly distributed between gray and white matter. Phenytoin concentrations averaged 1.4-fold greater in white matter than in gray matter when expressed per gram wet weight of tissue. The gray matter/plasma ratio of phenytoin was approximately 2-fold greater than that of phenobarbital. Carbamazepine levels were also slightly greater in white matter The data revealed wide differences between drugs in the relative concentrations in gray and white matter, which must be taken into account in any quantitative studies of anticonvulsant drug levels in the brain.

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Résumé

Nous avons étudié des échantillons de cortex cérébral et de substance blanche obtenus de 17 malades opérés pour une épilepsie focale. Dix d’entre eux ne recevaient que du phénobarbital et la concentration de cette drogue était égale au niveau du cortex et de la substance blanche. Exprimée par gamme de tissue frais, la concentration de phénytoine s’est avérée en moyenne 1.4 fois plus élevée au niveau de la substance blanche que de la matière grise Le rapport matière grise/plasma est environ 2 fois plus grand pour la phénytoine que pour le phénobarbital. La concentration de Carbamazepine est aussi légèrement plus élevée au niveau de la substance blanche. Ces données démontrent des différences marquées entre ces drogues substance blanche. Differences dont on doit tenir compte dans l’interprétation des études neurophysiologiques ou neuropharma-cologiques de la concentration cérébrale des drogues antiépileptiques.

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Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , May 1977 , pp. 89 - 92
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1977

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