Sleep and epilepsy: A key role for nitric oxide?

Epilepsia

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 794-801

  Faradji Prevautel, H ^a   Rousset, C ^a   Debilly, G ^a   Vergnes, M ^b   Cespuglio, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Electroencephalography; GAERS rat; NO sensor; Voltammetry

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ARGININE DERIVATIVE; ETHOSUXIMIDE; LINSIDOMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; VALPROIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; MALE; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; NONHUMAN; POTENTIOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REM SLEEP; SLEEP; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SPIKE WAVE;

EID: 0033947915     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.2000.tb00245.x     Document Type: Article

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