Anticonvulsant action of chlormethiazole is prevented by subconvulsive amounts of strychnine and aminophylline but not by bicuculline and picrotoxin

Polish Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 267-273

  Pilip, S ^a   Urbanska, E M ^a   Swiader, M ^a   Wlodarczyk, D ^a   Kleinrok, Z ^a   Czuczwar, S J ^a   Turski, W A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aminophylline; Anticonvulsant; Chlormethiazole; GABA; Seizures; Strychnine

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ACETIC ACID; ADENOSINE RECEPTOR; ADENOSINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMINOPHYLLINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BICUCULLINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHLORIDE; CLOMETHIAZOLE; ETHYLENEDIAMINE; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; IONOPHORE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PENTETRAZOLE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PICROTOXIN; POLYSORBATE 80; PURINE; PURINE RECEPTOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRYCHNINE; THEOPHYLLINE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALPROATE MAGNESIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INHIBITION; ELECTRIC SHOCK; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

AMINOPHYLLINE; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BICUCULLINE; CHLORMETHIAZOLE; CONVULSANTS; ELECTROSHOCK; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; MALE; MICE; PICROTOXIN; STRYCHNINE;

EID: 0033751561     PISSN: 12306002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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