Effects of chronic morphine pretreatment on amygdaloid kindling development, postictal seizure and suppression and benzodiazepine receptor binding in rats

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 225-233

  Rocha, L ^a   Ackermann, R F ^b,c   Engel Jr , J ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

benzodiazepine; GABA; kindling; morphine; seizure suppression

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; MORPHINE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KINDLING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE;

EID: 0030009055     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0920-1211(95)00103-4     Document Type: Article

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