Pharmacological profiles of generalized absence seizures in lethargic, stargazer and γ-hydroxybutyrate-treated model mice

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-25

  Aizawa, Masahiro ^a   Ito, Yoshihisa ^a   Fukuda, Hideomi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

hydroxybutyric acid; Absence seizure; CGP 35348; CGP 46381; EEG recording; GABA(B) receptor; Lethargic mice; Stargazer mice

Indexed keywords

3 AMINOPROPYL(DIETHOXYMETHYL)PHOSPHINIC ACID; 3 AMINOPROPYL(METHYL)PHOSPHINIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; CGP 46381; DIZOCILPINE; ETHOSUXIMIDE; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; MALE; MICE; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHINIC ACIDS; SODIUM OXYBATE;

EID: 0030748644     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(97)00066-7     Document Type: Article

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