Effects of the histamine H1 receptor blocker, pyrilamine, on spontaneous locomotor activity of rats with long-term portacaval anastomosis

Hepatology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 336-344

  Lozeva, Violina ^a,c   Valjakka, Antti ^a   Lecklin, Anne ^a   Olkkonen, Hannu ^a   Hippeläinen, Mikko ^b   Itkonen, Matti ^e   Plumed, Carme ^a,d   Tuomisto, Leena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VARNA   (Bulgaria)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e Bertec Japan   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HISTAMINE RECEPTOR; MEPYRAMINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEEDING DISORDER; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PORTOCAVAL SHUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0033951826     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510310212     Document Type: Article

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