Pharmacokinetic studies on Ro 15-1788, a benzodiazepine receptor ligand, in the brain of the rat.

R G Lister, D J Greenblatt, D R Abernethy, S E File

Index: Brain Res. 290(1) , 183-6, (1984)

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Abstract

Methods for determining Ro 15-1788 in brain tissue were developed using gas chromatography with nitrogen-phosphorus detection, and using reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatography. Application of the methods to pharmacokinetic studies in the rat found the elimination half-life of Ro 15-1788 from rat brain to be 16 min. Ro 15-1788 was undetectable in rat plasma at the time points studied. Concentrations of Ro 15-1788 in the brain were reduced if chlordiazepoxide was coadministered.