Hypothermia inhibits pentylenetetrazol kindling and prevents kindling- induced deficit in shuttle-box avoidance

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-30

  Rauca, Christine ^a   Pohle, Wulf ^a   Grunenberg, Katrin ^a   Franze, Sören ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell damage; Cerebral protection; Hypothermia; Kindling; Pentylenetetrazol (PTZ); Rats; Shuttle box avoidance

Indexed keywords

CHLORPROMAZINE; PENTETRAZOLE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOTHERMIA; KINDLING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHLORPROMAZINE; COLD; CORPUS STRIATUM; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 0033981911     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(99)00132-X     Document Type: Article

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