Effect of lactation on the expression of audiogenic seizures: Association with plasma prolactin profiles

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 109-121

  Doretto, M C ^a   Oliveira e Silva, M ^a   Ferreira Alves, D L ^a   Pires, S G ^a   Garcia Cairasco, N ^b   Reis, A M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Audiogenic seizures; Epilepsy; Lactation; Progesterone; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDIOGENIC SEIZURE; CLONIC SEIZURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT;

EID: 0038094417     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(03)00061-5     Document Type: Article

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