Impact of the novel anti-convulsant vigabatrin on functional recovery following brain lesion

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-45

  Wallace, Amy E ^a,b   Kline, Anthony E ^a,c   Montañez, Sylvia ^a,d   Hernandez, Theresa D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Anteromedial cortex lesion; Behavior; GABA; Pharmacotherapy; Rat; Somatosensory asymmetry

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; DIAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; VIGABATRIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME INHIBITION; HISTOLOGY; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEDATION; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER; TACTILE STIMULATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0032900257     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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