Gabapentin anticonvulsant action in rats: disequilibrium with peak drug concentrations in plasma and brain microdialysate

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 175-181

  Welty, Devin F ^a   Schielke, Gerald P ^a   Vartanian, Mark G ^a   Taylor, Charles P ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsant effect; Brain interstitial fluid; Gabapentin; Microdialysis; Pharmacokinetic; Rat

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; INTERSTITIAL FLUID; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOKINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACETIC ACIDS; ANIMAL; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0027723017     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0920-1211(93)90078-L     Document Type: Article

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