Regulation of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) release in cerebral cortex in the γ-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) model of absence seizures in rat

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 427-439

  Hu, R Q ^a   Banerjee, P K ^a   Snead Iii, O C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydroxybutyric acid (GHB); Absence seizures; Cerebral cortex; GABA; Glutamate; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

3 AMINOPROPYL(DIETHOXYMETHYL)PHOSPHINIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GLUTAMIC ACID; NCS 382; PHACLOFEN; POTASSIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ABSENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL CORTEX; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; SOLVENTS; THALAMUS;

EID: 0033984343     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3908(99)00152-5     Document Type: Article

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