Effects of L-arginine on prevention and treatment of Lithium-pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus

Physiological Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 379-385

  Noyan, B ^a   Güleç, Güldal ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

L arginine; Nitric oxide; Rat; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; LITHIUM; NITRIC OXIDE; PILOCARPINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPILEPTIC STATE; IMPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; LITHIUM; MALE; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; NITRIC OXIDE; PILOCARPINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0033840174     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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