Effect of adenosinergic modulation on the anticonvulsant effect of phenobarbitone and carbamazepine

Methods and Findings in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 79-83

  Malhotra, Jatinder ^a   Gupta, Yogendra K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

8 Cyclopentyl 1,3 Dipropylxanthine (DPCPX); Carbamazepine; N6 cyclopentyladenosine (CPA); Pentylenetetrazole; Phenobarbitone; Seizures; Theophylline

Indexed keywords

6 N CYCLOPENTYLADENOSINE; 8 CYCLOPENTYL 1,3 DIPROPYLXANTHINE; ADENOSINE RECEPTOR; CARBAMAZEPINE; PENTETRAZOLE; PHENOBARBITAL; THEOPHYLLINE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN PROTECTION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG SELECTIVITY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 0032937891     PISSN: 03790355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/mf.1999.21.2.529233     Document Type: Article

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