Anticonvulsant effect of polyunsaturated fatty acids in rats, using the cortical stimulation model

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 341, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 145-152

  Voskuyl, Robert A ^a,b   Vreugdenhil, Martin ^c   Kang, Jing X ^d   Leaf, Alexander ^d  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Instituut voor Epilepsiebestrijding   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsant; Cortical stimulation model; Polyunsaturated fatty acid

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SODIUM ION; VALPROIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE THRESHOLD;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; LINOLEIC ACID; MALE; OLEIC ACID; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 0032509704     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(97)01467-2     Document Type: Article

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