Anticonvulsant activity of phenobarbital and valproate against maximal electroshock in mice during chronic treatment with caffeine and caffeine discontinuation

Epilepsia

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 262-268

  Gasior, Maciej ^a,b   Borowicz, Kinga ^a   Buszewicz, Grzegorz ^a   Kleinrok, Zdzisław ^a   Czuczwar, Stanisław Jerzy ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caffeine; Convulsions; Phenobarbital; Valproate

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; PHENOBARBITAL; VALPROATE MAGNESIUM; VALPROIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN PROTECTION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CAFFEINE; ELECTROSHOCK; MALE; MICE; PHENOBARBITAL; SEIZURES; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 0029866144     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb00023.x     Document Type: Article

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