Involvement of nitric oxide in pentylenetetrazole-induced kindling in rats

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 792-798

  Han, Daiken ^a,b   Yamada, Kiyofumi ^a   Senzaki, Kouji ^a   Xiong, Huabao ^c   Nawa, Hiroyuki ^c   Nabeshima, Toshitaka ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SANOFI   (France)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

7 Nitro indazole; Brain derived neurotrophic factor; In vivo microdialysis; Kindling; Nitric oxide; Pentylenetetrazole

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; PENTETRAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; KINDLING; MICRODIALYSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CONVULSANTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; MALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES;

EID: 0342948928     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2000.740792.x     Document Type: Article

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