The role of nitric oxide in anticonvulsant and proconvulsant effects of morphine in mice

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 33-41

  Homayoun, Houman ^a   Khavandgar, Simin ^a   Namiranian, Khodadad ^a   Gaskari, Seyed Ali ^a   Dehpour, Ahmad Reza ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Mice; Morphine; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase inhibitors; Pentylenetetrazole; Seizure threshold

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; MORPHINE SULFATE; N(G) NITROARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NALOXONE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PENTETRAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE THRESHOLD;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CONVULSANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; MICE; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; SEIZURES;

EID: 0036163553     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(01)00316-3     Document Type: Article

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