Influence of a potential anti-asthmatic drug, CR 2039, upon the anticonvulsive activity of conventional antiepileptics against maximal electroshock-induced seizures in mice

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1371-1379

  Czuczwar, S J ^a   Gasior, M ^a   Kozicka, M ^a   Pietrasiewicz, T ^a   Turski, W A ^a   Kleinrok, Z ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antiepileptics; CR 2039; Seizures

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; ANDOLAST; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID; 4 (1H TETRAZOL 5 YL) N (4 (1H TETRAZOL 5 YL)PHENYL)BENZAMIDE; 4-(1H-TETRAZOL-5-YL)-N-(4-(1H-TETRAZOL-5-YL)PHENYL)BENZAMIDE; BENZAMIDE DERIVATIVE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; TETRAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; ANIMAL; ASTHMA; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INTERACTION; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; MEMORY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ASTHMA; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BENZAMIDES; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CARBAMAZEPINE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTROSHOCK; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; MALE; MEMORY; MICE; PHENYTOIN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TETRAZOLES; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 0030299842     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01271251     Document Type: Article

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