The additive effect of opioids and nitric oxide in increasing pentylenetetrazole-induced seizure threshold in cholestatic mice

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 96-101

  Homayoun, Houman ^a   Sayyah, Mohammad ^b   Dehpour, Ahmad Reza ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bile duct ligation; Clonic seizure threshold; Mice; Naltrexone; Nitric oxide; Pentylenetetrazole

Indexed keywords

N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NALTREXONE; NITRIC OXIDE; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; OPIATE RECEPTOR; PENTETRAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT LIGATION; CHOLESTASIS; CLONIC SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE THRESHOLD;

EID: 0036223604     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.2002.02658.x     Document Type: Article

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