Antiepileptic effects of acidic fibroblast growth factor examined in kainic acid-mediated seizures in the rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 66-68

  Cuevas, Pedro ^a   Giménez Gallego, Guillermo ^b  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Kainic acid; Rat; Recombinant human acidic fibroblast growth factor (rhaFGF)

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; KAINIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0342420557     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(95)12254-0     Document Type: Article

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