Status epilepticus induced by pilocarpine and picrotoxin

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-82

  Hamani, Clement ^a   Mello, Luiz E A M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Cholinergic; Epileptogenesis; GABA; Models of epilepsy

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ACETYLCHOLINE; BICUCULLINE; PICROTOXIN; PILOCARPINE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTIC STATE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVE CELL LESION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CONVULSANTS; MALE; PARASYMPATHOMIMETICS; PICROTOXIN; PILOCARPINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; THALAMUS;

EID: 0030742658     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(97)00030-2     Document Type: Article

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