Emesis responsive to levetiracetam

• Published in: Journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry Vol. 79; no. 7; pp. 847 - 849
• Main Authors: Lee, J W, Bromfield, E, Kesari, S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 01.07.2008; BMJ Publishing Group LTD
• Subjects: Aged; Anticonvulsants - therapeutic use; Binding sites; Brain Neoplasms - pathology; Brain Neoplasms - therapy; Female; Humans; Nausea; Papilloma, Choroid Plexus - pathology; Papilloma, Choroid Plexus - therapy; Piracetam - analogs & derivatives; Piracetam - therapeutic use; Rodents; Vomiting; Vomiting - drug therapy; Vomiting - etiology

DISCUSSION The physiological manifestations of emesis involve a complex interaction between the neuronal circuitry of the medulla, baroreceptor reflexes, respiration control and gastric tone and motility. 2 In particular, the dorsal vagal complex and the neurons surrounding the area postrema, locate...