Anticonvulsant, sedative and muscle relaxant effects of carbenoxolone in mice

BMC Pharmacology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Hosseinzadeh, Hossein ^a   Nassiri Asl, Marjan ^b  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBENOXOLONE; DIAZEPAM; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; PENTETRAZOLE; PENTOBARBITAL; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOUSE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NONHUMAN; PETIT MAL; SEIZURE; SLEEP TIME; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0347890348     PISSN: 14712210     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2210-3-3     Document Type: Article

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