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. 2016 Nov 18;34(2):333–351. doi: 10.1007/s11095-016-2065-3

Table I.

Summary of the Rat Brain Distribution Data for Model Development and External Validation

Study design Model development External validation
Published data Newly produced data Published data Newly produced data
Acetaminophen Atenolol Methotrexate Morphine Morphine Quinidine Remoxipride Paliperidone Phenytoin Risperidone Acetaminophen Remoxipride
Species rat rat rat rat rat rat rat rat rat rat rat rat
Nr of animals 16 5 23 65 18 41 29 21 14 16 8 65
Dosage, mg/kg (infusion time, min) 16 (10) 10 (1) 40, 80 (10) 4, 10, 40 (10) 10, 40 (10) 10, 20 (10) 4, 8, 16 (30) 0.5 (20) 20, 30, 40 (10) 2 (20) 200a (1) 0.7, 5.2, 14 (10)
Nr of samples (sampling times, min) plasma 67 (0–240) 32 (0–120) 186 (0–300) 825 (0–360) 306 (0–190) 313 (0–360) 189 (0–240) 182 (0–360) 109 (0–480) 124 (0–360) 67 (0–180) 290 (0–240)
dialysate 592 (0–240) 106 (0–120) 1065 (0–300) 238 (0–360) 299 (0–180) 1678 (0–360) 125 (0–240) 660 (0–240) 152 (0–480) 436 (0–240) 72 (0–180) 489 (0–240)
Active transport inhibitor probenecidb GF120918c tariquidarc tariquidarc tariquidarc, probenecidb tariquidarc
Dosage of active transport inhibitor, mg/kg (infusion time, min) 150 (10) 6 (cont)d 15 (10) 15 (10) 15 (10) 150 (10) 15 (10)
Data
 plasma X X X X X X X X X X X X
 brainECF X X X X X X X X X X X X
 CSFLV X X X X
 CSFCM X X X X X X
 References (6) (69) (25) (70) (71) (24) (26) (72)

brain ECF a brain extracellular fluid compartment, CSF LV a compartment of cerebrospinal fluid in lateral ventricle, CSF CM a compartment of cerebrospinal fluid in cisterna magna

a; mg, b; inhibitor of MRPs, OATs and OATPs, c; inhibitor of P-gp,d; continuous infusion