Age-specific effects of noradrenergic alpha-2 agonist clonidine on the development of amygdaloid kindling in developing rats

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 283-288

  Yoshioka, Shin Ichi ^a   Mitani, Hideaki ^a   Maeda, Kazuhisa ^a   Takeo, Shigeki ^a   Matsuda, Kazuyoshi ^a   Katayama, Seiji ^a   Mizukawa, Rokuro ^a   Kawahara, Ryuzo ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alpha 2 adrenoceptor; Amygdaloid kindling; Clonidine; Ontogenesis; Rat

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CLONIDINE;

AGE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; DRUG EFFECT; KINDLING; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; AGING; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CLONIDINE; CONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033954392     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(99)00179-0     Document Type: Article

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