Role of cerebral spermidine in the development of sensitization to convulsant activity of cocaine and lidocaine

Brain Research

Volumn 775, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 198-202

  Shimosato, Kazuaki ^a   Watanabe, Satoru ^a   Katsura, Masashi ^a   Ohkuma, Seitaro ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Convulsion; Lidocaine; N Methyl D aspartate receptor; Spermidine

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; LIDOCAINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; POLYAMINE; PUTRESCINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPERMIDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLONIC SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SENSITIZATION; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYAMINE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; COCAINE; CONVULSANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SYNERGISM; DRUG TOLERANCE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; N-METHYLASPARTATE; PUTRESCINE; SEIZURES; SPERMIDINE;

EID: 0031459847     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)01071-8     Document Type: Article

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