Tiagabine exerts an anti-epileptogenic effect in amygdala kindling epileptogenesis in the rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 229, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 135-137

  Dalby, Nils Ole ^a   Nielsen, Erik B ^a  

^a NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aminobutyric acid; Electroencephalogram; Epileptogenesis; Kindling; Tiagabine

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; TIAGABINE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KINDLING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; MALE; NIPECOTIC ACIDS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0030852189     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00423-0     Document Type: Article

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