3α,5α-THP in the raphe magnus attenuates PTZ-induced myoclonic seizures

Brain Research

Volumn 911, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 146-151

  Frye, Cheryl A ^a   Muscatiello, Neil A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Allopreganollone; Neurosteroid; Non genomic; Pentyleneterazol; Progesterone; Tetrahydroprogesterone

Indexed keywords

5ALPHA PREGNANE 3,20 DIONE; GESTAGEN; PENTETRAZOLE; PROGESTERONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ELTANOLONE;

ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG IMPLANT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; MORBIDITY; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE MAGNUS NUCLEUS; RAT STRAIN; RHOMBENCEPHALON; ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; LONG EVANS RAT; METABOLISM; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RAT;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EPILEPSY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; PREGNANOLONE; PROGESTERONE; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RHOMBENCEPHALON;

EID: 0035943216     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(01)02560-4     Document Type: Article

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