The benzodiazepine receptor partial agonist Ro 19-8022 suppresses generalized seizures without impairing motor functions in developing rats

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Volumn 360, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 565-574

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

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine; Convulsions; Ontogenesis Motor performance; Pentylenetetrazol; Rat

Indexed keywords

1 [(10 CHLORO 4 OXO 3 PHENYL 4H BENZO[A]QUINOLIZIN 1 YL)CARBONYL] 2 PYRROLIDINE METHANOL; 2 (4 CHLOROPHENYL) 5H PYRAZOLO[4,3 C]QUINOLIN 3 ONE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; MIDAZOLAM; PARTIAL AGONIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; RAT; REBOUND;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CONVULSANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; MOTOR SKILLS; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; PYRROLIDINES; QUINOLIZINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032706462     PISSN: 00281298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002109900126     Document Type: Article

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