Possible involvement of an increase in brain extracellular concentration of excitatory amino acids in convulsions in phenobarbital-withdrawn rats

Research Communications in Alcohol and Substances of Abuse

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 91-102

  Tanaka, Sachiko ^a   Kiuchi, Yuji ^a   Tsuchida, Akihiro ^a   Yamamoto, Toshinori ^a   Oguchi, Katsuji ^a   Yoshida, Takemi ^a   Kuroiwa, Yukio ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; PHENOBARBITAL; TAURINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RAT;

EID: 0029787223     PISSN: 10808388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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