CHANGES IN AMINO-ACID NEUROTRANSMITTERS AND cAMP IN CEREBRAL-SPINAL FLUID FROM CHILDREN AND RABBITS WITH EPILEPSY AND CONVULSIONS

We studied the changes in concentratoin of five amino acids, which are neurotransmitters of their candidates, and CAMP in CSF from children with seizures, and from rabbits with seizures induced by intraventrkular injection of FeCI:}. 'We found more than one examined amino acids changed with the con vulsion behavior and abnormal EEG. We proposed a unified index (ANT) to demonstrate their complex action: ANT= Glutamic acid content in CSFxAspatic acid TaurinexGlycinexGABA Our results also showed that the content of cAMP in CSP reflected the activity level of CNS to some ex- tent.