Anticonvulsant activity of melatonin against seizures induced by quinolinate, kainate, glutamate, NMDA, and pentylenetetrazole in mice

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 215-218

  Lapin, Izyaslav P ^a   Mirzaev, Said M ^b   Ryzov, Ivan V ^b   Oxenkrug, Gregory F ^b  

^a Bekhterev St Petersburg Psychoneurological Research Institute   (Russian Federation)

^b NONE

Author keywords

C57BL 6 mice; Kainate; Melatonin; Quinolinate; Seizures

Indexed keywords

CERULETIDE; GLUTAMIC ACID; KAINIC ACID; KYNURENIC ACID; MELATONIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; PENTETRAZOLE; PROLINE; QUINALDIC ACID; QUINOLINIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY;

EID: 0031966042     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.1998.tb00535.x     Document Type: Article

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