Sex difference in susceptibility to picrotoxin-induced seizures in rats following octreotide

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 903-911

  Tan, Meliha ^a   Kalyoncu, Nuri Ihsan ^a   Tan, Uner ^a  

^a BLACK SEA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Octreotide; Picrotoxin; Rat; Sex difference; Somatostatin

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; OCTREOTIDE; PICROTOXIN; SOMATOSTATIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAT; SEIZURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HORMONES; MALE; OCTREOTIDE; PICROTOXIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEIZURES; SEX FACTORS; SOMATOSTATIN;

EID: 0036689270     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450290025914     Document Type: Article

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