Prenatal morphine exposure decreases susceptibility of adult male rat offspring to bicuculline seizures

Brain Research

Volumn 922, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 305-309

  Schindler, Cheryl J ^a   Šlamberová, Romana ^a   Vathy, Ilona ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Epilepsy; Opiate; Prenatal drug exposure; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

BICUCULLINE; MORPHINE SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CLONIC SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; BRAIN; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; MORPHINE; ORCHIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; SEIZURES; SEX FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0035924381     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(01)03183-3     Document Type: Article

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