Antiepileptogenic properties of phenobarbital: Behavior and neurochemical analysis

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 411-416

  Silva Brum, L F ^a   Elisabetsky, E ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antiepileptogenic; Glutamate binding; MK 801 binding; Pentylenetetrazol; Phenobarbital

Indexed keywords

DIZOCILPINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PENTETRAZOLE; PHENOBARBITAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONVULSANTS; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MICE; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; PHENOBARBITAL; SEIZURES;

EID: 0034495238     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(00)00400-7     Document Type: Article

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