綜合實驗結果，得到以下結論：
（1）Carisbamate 在 P21 的 Wistar 大鼠所製備的腦片上，確實在 hippocampus 的 DG 抑制glutamate 受體所引發之興奮性電位並展現濃度依賴性的抑制作用。
（2）Carisbamate 以一個相近的比例抑制 AMPA 或 NMDA 引發的興奮性電流，抑制 配對刺激比率；carisbamate 不會影響胞外給予 AMPA 引發之電流；carisbamate 對 mEPSC 的電流大小不會產生抑制。因此，評估 carisbamate 的抑制作用來自抑制突觸 前減少glutamate 釋放。
（3）Carisbamate 的抑制作用不是透過 L-type 鈣離子通道而來。此突觸前的抑制作用 被認為是carisbamate 抗癲癇作用的之一。
（4）Carisbamate 抑制 glutamate 的釋放以降低 DG 的興奮性並維持 DG 的門閥功能被 認為是該藥的抗癲癇作用之一。
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