Qualitative changes of anticonvulsant action of felbamate during development in rats

Brain and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 222-226

  Haugvicová, Renata ^a   Kubová, Hana ^a   Mareš, Pavel ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Felbamate; Ontogeny; Pentylenetetrazol; Seizures

Indexed keywords

FELBAMATE; PENTETRAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; RAT; SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTICONVULSANTS; CONVULSANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; PROPYLENE GLYCOLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES;

EID: 0032052109     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(98)00030-8     Document Type: Article

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