Infusion of 3α,5α-THP to the pontine reticular formation attenuates PTZ-induced seizures

Brain Research

Volumn 881, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 98-102

  Frye, Cheryl A ^a   Manjarrez, Joaquin ^b   Camacho Arroyo, Ignacio ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (Mexico)

^c Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Facultad de Quimica   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Allopreganollone; Neurosteroid; Non genomic; Pentylenetetrazol; Progesterone; Tetrahydroprogesterone

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; PENTETRAZOLE; PROGESTERONE; ALLOPREGNAN 20 ALPHA OL 3 ONE; ALLOPREGNAN-20 ALPHA-OL-3-ONE; CONVULSANT AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ELTANOLONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT; SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DIESTRUS; DRUG EFFECT; LONG EVANS RAT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RETICULAR FORMATION;

ANIMALS; CONVULSANTS; DIESTRUS; FEMALE; MALE; OVARIECTOMY; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; PREGNANOLONE; PROESTRUS; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RETICULAR FORMATION; SEIZURES;

EID: 0034692685     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)02897-3     Document Type: Article

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