Effects of felbamate, gabapentin and lamotrigine on seizure parameters and excitability in the rat hippocampus

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 187-194

  Xiong, Zhi Qi ^a   Stringer, Janet L ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dentate gyrus; Felbamate; Gabapentin; Inhibition; Lamotrigine; Long term potentiation

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; FELBAMATE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DOSE RESPONSE; EXCITABILITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY;

ACETIC ACIDS; AMINES; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EVOKED POTENTIALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; PROPYLENE GLYCOLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEIZURES; TRIAZINES;

EID: 0030839307     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(97)00022-3     Document Type: Article

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