Anticonvulsive action of (±)-kavain estimated from its properties on stimulated synaptosomes and Na+ channel receptor sites

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 315, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 89-97

  Gleitz, Johannes ^a   Friese, Jutta ^a   Beile, Anne ^a   Ameri, Angela ^a   Peters, Thies ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Kava pyrone; Na+ channel; Piper methysticum; Synaptosome

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; BATRACHOTOXIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL; GLUTAMIC ACID; KAWAIN; SAXITOXIN; SODIUM CHANNEL; TETRODOTOXIN; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CALCIUM; PYRONE DERIVATIVE; SODIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPILEPSY; EXCITABILITY; ION CURRENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; SYNAPTOSOME; ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; WISTAR RAT;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BATRACHOTOXINS; CALCIUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; PYRONES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SAXITOXIN; SODIUM; SODIUM CHANNELS; SYNAPTOSOMES;

EID: 0030574112     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(96)00550-X     Document Type: Article

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