Effects of valproate, phenytoin, and zonisamide on clonic and tonic seizures induced by acute and repeated exposure of mice to flurothyl

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 465-469

  Hashimoto, Yasuhiko ^a   Araki, Hiroaki ^b   Futagami, Koujiro ^a   Kawasaki, Hiromu ^c   Gomita, Yutaka ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flurothyl kindling model; Mice; Phenytoin; Seizure phenotype; Valproate; Zonisamide

Indexed keywords

FLUROTHYL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLONIC SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; KINDLING; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 0037352842     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(03)00013-1     Document Type: Article

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