Effect of vigabatrin on glutamate dehydrogenase in the hippocampus of seizure prone gerbils

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 340, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 115-118

  Kang, Tae Cheon ^a   An, Sung Jin ^a   Park, Seung Kook ^a   Hwang, In Koo ^a   Choi, Soo Young ^a   Kwon, Oh Shin ^b   Won, Moo Ho ^a  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Gerbil; Glutamate dehydrogenase; Hippocampus; Seizure; Vigabatrin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; VIGABATRIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GERBIL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

EID: 0037430887     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00072-7     Document Type: Article

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