The effects of vigabatrin on type II spike wave discharges in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 338, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 177-180

  Bouwman, Brigitte M ^a   Van Den Broek, Philip L C ^a   Van Luijtelaar, Gilles ^a   Van Rijn, Clementina M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ACI rats; Frequency modulation; GABA; Type II spike wave discharges; Vigabatrin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VIGABATRIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HALF LIFE TIME; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE WAVE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 12244288613     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)01424-6     Document Type: Article

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