NMDA receptor-mediated pilocarpine-induced seizures: Characterization in freely moving rats by microdialysis

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1171-1179

  Smolders, Ilse ^a   Khan, Ghous M ^a   Manil, Jacqueline ^a   Ebinger, Guy ^a   Michotte, Yvette ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Electrocorticography; GABA; Glutamate; Hippocampus; Lamotrigine; Microdialysis; NMDA; Pilocarpine

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ATROPINE; DIZOCILPINE; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; LAMOTRIGINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PILOCARPINE; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ATROPINE; CONVULSANTS; DOPAMINE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; PILOCARPINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SEIZURES; TRIAZINES;

EID: 0030744148     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701231     Document Type: Article

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