Potent and long-lasting anticonvulsant effects of 1-naphthylacetyl spermine, an analogue of Joro spider toxin, against amygdaloid kindled seizures in rats

Brain Research

Volumn 706, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 173-176

  Takazawa, Akira ^a,c   Yamazaki, Osamu ^a   Kanai, Hirohiko ^b   Ishida, Nobuya ^b   Kato, Nobumasa ^b   Yamauchi, Toshio ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c Shiogasaki Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

1 Naphthylacetyl spermine; AMPA receptor; Anticonvulsant; Calcium permeability; Joro spider toxin; Kindling

Indexed keywords

1 NAPHTHYLACETYLSPERMINE; AMPA RECEPTOR; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; SPERMINE DERIVATIVE; SPIDER VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KINDLING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE;

EID: 0030061824     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01334-2     Document Type: Article

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