Single systemic dose of vigabatrin induces early proconvulsant and later anticonvulsant effect in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 312, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-40

  Stuchlík, Aleš ^a   Kubová, Hana ^a   Mareš, Pavel ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsant effect; Electroencephalograph afterdischarges; Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Proconvulsant effect; Rats; Seizures; Vigabatrin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; VIGABATRIN;

AFTERDISCHARGE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TIME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES; VIGABATRIN;

EID: 0035851003     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(01)02195-4     Document Type: Article

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