Suppression of pentylenetetrazol-induced seizures by carnitine in mice

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Volumn 355, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 545-549

  Yu, Zhengping ^a   Iryo, Yoshihisa ^a   Matsuoka, Masato ^a   Igisu, Hideki ^a   Ikeda, Masato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain energy metabolism; Carnitine; Cerebral protection; Pentylenetetrazol; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARNITINE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; LACTIC ACID; PENTETRAZOLE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENANTIOMER; ENERGY METABOLISM; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CARNITINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENERGY METABOLISM; MALE; MICE; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; SEIZURES;

EID: 0030896077     PISSN: 00281298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00004981     Document Type: Article

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