Protective effects of neurosteroids against NMDA-induced seizures and lethality in mice

European Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-12

  Budziszewska, B ^a   Siwanowicz, J ^a   Leskiewicz M ^a   Jaworska Feil, L ^a   Lason W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

D 3H Aspartate release; Hippocampus; Mice; N methyl D aspartic acid (NMDA); Neurosteroids; Rat; Seizures

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; ANDROSTERONE; ASPARTIC ACID; BETAXALONE; ELTANOLONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NEUROSTEROID; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PREGNENOLONE SULFATE; PROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LETHALITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ASPARTIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; MICE; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES; STEROIDS;

EID: 0031962742     PISSN: 0924977X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-977X(97)00037-0     Document Type: Article

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