“…However, more recently some full glycineB antagonists with improved, but by no means optimal pharmacokinetic properties (Baron et al, 1992;Carling et al, 1993;Rowley et al, 1993;Woodward et al, 1995b) have also been reported to have good therapeutic indices following systemic administration as neuroprotective agents in models of focal ischaemia (Warner et al, 1995, Bordi et al, 1997 and trauma (Tsuchida and Bullock, 1995), as anti-epileptics, even in models of partial complex seizures (McCabe et al, 1993;Chapman et al, 1995;Smith et al, 1994), as anxiolytics (Kehne et al, 1995), as possible anti-psychotomimetics (Bristow et al, 1995(Bristow et al, , 1996, in blocking spreading depression (Obrenovitch and Zilka, 1996) and in models of hyperalgesia (Vaccarino et al, 1993;Millan and Seguin, 1994;Laird et al, 1996). This improved therapeutic profile may be due to the ability of full glycineB antagonists to reveal glycine-sensitive desensitization (Parsons et al, 1993).…”