Proconvulsant effects of neurosteroids pregnenolone sulfate and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate in mice

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 345, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-59

  Reddy, Doodipala S ^a   Kulkarni, Shrinivas K ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate; GABA ( aminobutyric acid); Neurosteroid; NMDA (N methyl D aspartate); Pregnenolone sulfate; Proconvulsant; Seizure

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; DIZOCILPINE; DRUG VEHICLE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NEUROSTEROID; PENTETRAZOLE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PREGNENOLONE SULFATE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LATENT PERIOD; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TONIC SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CONVULSANTS; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; MICE; NEUROTOXINS; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 0032510507     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(98)00034-X     Document Type: Article

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