α 2-adrenergic inhibition prevents the accompanied anticonvulsant effect of swim stress on behavioral convulsions induced by lithium and pilocarpine

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 309-316

  Galic, M A ^a   Fournier, N M ^a,b   Martin, L J ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

2 Adrenergic receptors; Epilepsy; Glucocorticoids; Lithium pilocarpine; Noradrenaline; Opiates; Seizure onset time (SOT); Swim stress; Yohimbine

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID ANTAGONIST; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MIFEPRISTONE; NALOXONE; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; PILOCARPINE; YOHIMBINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; LITHIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ANIMAL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS; SWIMMING; WISTAR RAT;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; LITHIUM; MALE; MIFEPRISTONE; NALOXONE; PILOCARPINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES; STRESS; SWIMMING; YOHIMBINE;

EID: 11144292765     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2004.08.003     Document Type: Article

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