Carbamazepine facilitates effects of GABA on rat hippocampus slices

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 230-233

  Zhang, Jing Dong ^a   Saito, Kihachi ^b  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

baclofen; carbamazepine; evoked potentials; GABA; hippocampus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; BACLOFEN; BICUCULLINE; CARBAMAZEPINE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACILITATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BACLOFEN; CARBAMAZEPINE; EVOKED POTENTIALS; GABA AGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0030916586     PISSN: 02539756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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