Evaluation of the anticonvulsant profile of progesterone in male amygdala-kindled rats

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 195-202

  Mohammad, Sayyah ^a   Abolhassan, Ahmadiani ^a   Pourgholami, Mohammad H ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bicuculline; GABA(A) receptor complex; Male amygdala kindled rats; Progesterone; RU 38486

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICUCULLINE; MIFEPRISTONE; PROGESTERONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HORMONE ACTION; KINDLING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BICUCULLINE; CONVULSANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; MALE; MIFEPRISTONE; PROGESTERONE; RATS; SEIZURES;

EID: 0031799250     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(98)00004-7     Document Type: Article

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