Protective effect of adenosine receptor agonists in a new model of epilepsy - Seizures evoked by mitochondrial toxin, 3-nitropropionic acid, in mice

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 305, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 91-94

  Zuchora, Beata ^a   Turski, Waldemar A ^a,b   Wielosz, Marian ^a   Urbanska, Ewa M ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

3 Nitropropionic acid; Adenosine; Adenosine receptor agonists; Mitochondrial toxin; Seizures

Indexed keywords

2 CHLOROADENOSINE; 3 NITROPROPIONIC ACID; 3-NITROPROPIONIC ACID; 8 (4 SULFOPHENYL)THEOPHYLLINE; 8-(4-SULFOPHENYL)THEOPHYLLINE; ADENOSINE 5' (N ETHYLCARBOXAMIDE); ADENOSINE RECEPTOR; CONVULSANT AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HORMONE ANTAGONIST; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; NITRO DERIVATIVE; PHENYLISOPROPYLADENOSINE; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; THEOPHYLLINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; EPILEPSY; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE;

2-CHLOROADENOSINE; ADENOSINE-5'-(N-ETHYLCARBOXAMIDE); ANIMALS; CONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; MALE; MICE; MITOCHONDRIA; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NITRO COMPOUNDS; PHENYLISOPROPYLADENOSINE; PROPIONIC ACIDS; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P1; THEOPHYLLINE;

EID: 0035827591     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(01)01816-X     Document Type: Article

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