Effect of ganaxolone on flurothyl seizures in developing rats

Epilepsia

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 788-793

  Liptáková, Soňa ^a,b   Velíšek, Libor ^a   Velíšková, Jana ^a   Moshé, Solomon L ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Neurology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Flurothyl; Ganaxolone; Rats; Seizures

Indexed keywords

FLUROTHYL; GANAXOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLONIC SEIZURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 0343810516     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.2000.tb00244.x     Document Type: Article

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