Effect of electroacupuncture and 7-NI on penicillin-induced epilepsy and their relation with intrahippocampal no changes

Acta Physiologica Sinica

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 508-514

  Huang, Zhi Nong ^a   Yang, Ru ^a   Chen, Gang ^a   Cheng, Jie Shi ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

7 nitroindazole (7 NI); Electroacupuncture; Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Nitric oxide (NO); NO sensitive electrode

Indexed keywords

7 NITROINDAZOLE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PENICILLIN G;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; POWER SPECTRUM; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; INDAZOLES; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; PENICILLIN G; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0032728223     PISSN: 03710874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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