Prolonged anticonvulsant action of glutamate metabotropic receptor agonists in inferior colliculus of genetically epilepsy-prone rats

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 327, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 109-115

  Tang, Ellen ^a   Yip, Ping K ^a   Chapman, Astrid G ^a   Jane, David E ^b   Meldrum, Brian S ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Dept Anat Sch Med Sci U   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

(1S,3S) ACPD ((1S,3S) 1 aminocyclopentane 1,3 dicarboxylic acid); (S) 4C3HPG)((S) 4 carboxy 3 hydroxyphenylglycine); Epilepsy; Genetically epilepsy prone rat; Glutamate; L Serine O phosphate; Metabotropic glumate receptor

Indexed keywords

1 AMINO 1,3 CYCLOPENTANEDICARBOXYLIC ACID; 4 CARBOXY 3 HYDROXYPHENYLGLYCINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; PHOSPHOSERINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; SOUND;

EID: 0030926112     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(97)89649-5     Document Type: Article

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