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Prostaglandins

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Antiepileptic Drugs

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Prostaglandin (PG) F2α in ox brain was the first PG to be discovered (SAmuelsson 1964). The occurrence of PGs in the brain of man and different animal species was confirmed in the following years by several groups (Bergstrom and Samuelsson 1965; Horton and Main 1967; Wolfe et al. 1967; Kataoka et al. 1967; Holmes and Norton 1968a,b; Wolfe et al. 1976c): PGE1 PGE2, PGF1α, PGF2α, and thromboxane B2 were all identified.

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  1. Laboratorium für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie Fachbereich Veterinärmedizin, Freie Universität Berlin, Koserstraße 20, D-1000, Berlin 33, Germany

    Hans-Hasso Frey

  2. Abteilung für Neurologie, Klinikum Charlottenburg, Spandauer Damm 130, D-1000, Berlin 19, Germany

    Dieter Janz

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Wiśniewski, K., Frey, HH. (1985). Prostaglandins. In: Frey, HH., Janz, D. (eds) Antiepileptic Drugs. Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, vol 74. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69518-6_8

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