Anticonvulsant and antiepileptogenic actions of MK-801 in the kindling and electroshock models

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1988, Pages 563-568

  McNamara, J O ^a   Russell, R D ^a,b   Rigsbee, L ^b   Bonhaus, D W ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

electroshock seizures; kindling; MK 801; NMDA antagonist

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DIZOCILPINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ELECTRIC SHOCK; EPILEPTOGENESIS; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KINDLING; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMAL; ANTICONVULSANTS; DIBENZOCYCLOHEPTENES; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; ELECTROSHOCK; EPILEPSY; KINDLING (NEUROLOGY); MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RECEPTORS, NEUROTRANSMITTER; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023882782     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0028-3908(88)90176-1     Document Type: Article

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