Absence epilepsy and regional blood-brain barrier permeability: The effects of pentylenetetrazole-induced convulsions

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 305-310

  Ates N ^a   Esen, N ^a   Ilbay, G ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Absence epilepsy; Blood brain barrier; Convulsion; Pentylenetetrazole; WAG Rij rat

Indexed keywords

EVANS BLUE; PENTETRAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; EPILEPSY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PONS; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THALAMUS;

EID: 0033118664     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/phrs.1998.0441     Document Type: Article

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