Neuroactive steroids exacerbate γ-hydroxybutyric acid-induced absence seizures in rats

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 359, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-48

  Banerjee, Pradeep K ^a   Snead III, O Carter ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydroxybutyric acid; Absence seizure; GABA(A) receptor; Neuroactive steroid; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALFAXALONE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; STEROID; TETRAHYDRODEOXYCORTICOSTERONE;

ABSENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LATERAL RETICULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; DESOXYCORTICOSTERONE; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; MALE; PREGNANEDIONES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0032538412     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(98)00629-3     Document Type: Article

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