Differential effects of NMDA antagonists microinjections into the nucleus reticularis pontis caudalis on seizures induced by pentylenetetrazol in the rat

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 39-44

  Manjarrez, Joaquín ^a   Alvarado, Raúl ^a   Camacho Arroyo, Ignacio ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c Facultad de Quimica   (Mexico)

Author keywords

AP 7; MK 801; NMDA antagonists; Pentylenetetrazol; Pontine reticular formation

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 7 PHOSPHONOHEPTANOIC ACID; DIZOCILPINE; PENTETRAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLONIC SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; MALE; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TONIC SEIZURE;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ALPHA-AMINO-3-HYDROXY-5-METHYL-4-ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; ANIMALS; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; N-METHYLASPARTATE; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; PONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETICULAR FORMATION; SEIZURES;

EID: 0035015854     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(01)00256-X     Document Type: Article

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