Motor and electrographic response of refractory experimental status epilepticus in rats and effect of calcium channel blockers

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 105-112

  George, B ^a   Kulkarni, S K ^a   Mathur, R ^b  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG POTENTIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; DRUG SYNERGISM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033953957     PISSN: 00195189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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