Behavioral and electroencephalographic studies of beagles with an Eck's fistula: Suitability as a model of hepatic encephalopathy

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 367-375

  Watanabe, Masayoshi ^a   Ozaki, Takayuki ^a   Mushiroi, Takeshi ^a   Ukai, Yojiro ^a   Ueda, Fusao ^a   Kimura, Kiyoshi ^a   Katoh, Masami ^b   Matsumoto, Atsuya ^b   Kotani, Emi ^b   Itoh, Sayo ^b   Yamaguchi, Kazumasa ^b   Kyuki, Kohei ^b  

^a NIPPON SHINYAKU CO LTD   (Japan)

^b Nihon Bioreserach Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behavior; Carbamazepine; Eck's fistula dogs; EEG; Flumazenal; Hepatic encephalopathy; TRH

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; FLUMAZENIL; PROTIRELIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CATATONIA; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HYPERAMMONEMIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PORTOCAVAL SHUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CARBAMAZEPINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FLUMAZENIL; GABA ANTAGONISTS; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; PORTACAVAL SHUNT, SURGICAL; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FISTULA;

EID: 0030898649     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(96)00305-X     Document Type: Article

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