Melatonin inhibits iron-induced epileptic discharges in rats by suppressing peroxidation

Epilepsia

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 237-243

  Kabuto, Hideaki ^a   Yokoi, Isao ^a   Ogawa, Norio ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Free radical; Iron induced seizures; Melatonin; Perioxidation; Reactive substances; TBARS; Thiobarbituric acid

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; IRON; MELATONIN; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRAUMATIC EPILEPSY;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, POST-TRAUMATIC; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FREE RADICALS; IRON; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MELATONIN; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

EID: 0031912854     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1998.tb01367.x     Document Type: Article

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