Prenatal morphine exposure alters susceptibility to bicuculline seizures in a sex- and age-specific manner

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 119-122

  Schindler, Cheryl J ^a   Velíšková, Jana ^a   Šlamberová, Romana ^a   Vathy, Ilona ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Epilepsy; Gender; Opiates; Prenatal drug exposure

Indexed keywords

BICUCULLINE; MORPHINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; MALE; MORPHINE ADDICTION; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; CONVULSANTS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; MORPHINE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEIZURES; SEX FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0342748615     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(00)00031-6     Document Type: Article

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