Attenuating effects of melatonin on pilocarpine-induced seizures in rats

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 521-529

  Costa Lotufo, Letícia V ^a   De F Fonteles, Marta Maria ^a   Lima, Iri Sandro Pampolha ^a   De Oliveira, Aline A ^a   Nascimento, Viviane S ^a   De Bruin, Veralice M S ^a   Viana, Glauce S B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Gabaergic receptor; Melatonin; Muscarinic receptor; Pilocarpine induced seizures

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; MELATONIN; METHYLSCOPOLAMINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; PILOCARPINE;

AGE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEIZURE;

EID: 0036230636     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1532-0456(02)00037-6     Document Type: Article

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