The effects of ACTH and adrenocorticosteroids on seizure susceptibility in 15-day-old male rats

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 182-190

  Edwards, Heather E ^a   Vimal, Sutha ^a   Burnham, W M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adrenal hormones; Developing rat; Electroshock seizures; Kindled seizures; Pentylenetetrazol seizures

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; DEOXYCORTICOSTERONE; DEXAMETHASONE; PENTETRAZOLE; PRASTERONE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; KINDLING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY;

EID: 0036255928     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.2002.7874     Document Type: Article

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