Age-specific effects of baclofen on pentylenetetrazol-induced seizures in developing rats

Epilepsia

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 718-722

  Velíšková, Jana ^a,b   Velíšek, Libor ^a,b,c,d   Moshé, Solomon L ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Baclofen; Newborn; Pentylenetetrazol; Rats; Seizures

Indexed keywords

3 AMINOPROPYL(DIETHOXYMETHYL)PHOSPHINIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BACLOFEN; CONVULSANT AGENT; PENTETRAZOLE;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CLONIC SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 0029825909     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb00641.x     Document Type: Article

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