Modulation of Epileptiform Activity by Adenosine A1 Receptor-Mediated Mechanisms in the Juvenile Rat Hippocampus

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 286, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1412-1419

  Tancredi, Virginia ^a   D'Antuono, Margherita ^a   Nehlig, Astrid ^b   Avoli, Massimo ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOPYRIDINE; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; 8 CYCLOPENTYL 1,3 DIPROPYLXANTHINE; ADENOSINE 5' (N ETHYLCARBOXAMIDE); ADENOSINE A1 RECEPTOR; ADENOSINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CAFFEINE; CPP; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; GLUTAMIC ACID; PURINERGIC RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2 CHLOROADENOSINE; ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE RECEPTOR; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BARIUM;

AGE; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR BINDING; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; WISTAR RAT;

2-CHLOROADENOSINE; 4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ADENOSINE; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BARIUM; DIPYRIDAMOLE; HIPPOCAMPUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P1;

EID: 0032158695     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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