Modulation of absence seizures by branched-chain amino acids: Correlation with brain amino acid concentrations

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 255-263

  Dufour, Franck ^a   Nalecz, Katarzyna A ^b   Nalecz, Maciej J ^b   Nehlig, Astrid ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Absence; Epilepsy; Glutamate; Leucine; Seizures; Ketoisocaproic acid

Indexed keywords

2 OXOISOCAPROIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID MIXTURE; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; VALINE;

ABSENCE; AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS;

EID: 0034935305     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(01)00232-2     Document Type: Article

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