GABA uptake blocker NNC-711 exhibits marked anticonvulsant action in two cortical epileptic models in immature rats

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1184-1189

  Bernaskova K ^a   Slamberova R ^a   Mares P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsant; Cerebral cortex; GABA uptake blocker; Ontogeny; Rat

Indexed keywords

1 [2 (BENZHYDRYLIDENEAMINOOXY)ETHYL] 1,2,5,6 TETRAHYDRO 3 PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CLONIC SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; EPILEPTOGENESIS; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BICUCULLINE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EPILEPSY; GABA ANTAGONISTS; MALE; NIPECOTIC ACIDS; OXIMES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0032880368     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb00846.x     Document Type: Article

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