Anticonvulsive effect of agmatine in mice

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 345-349

  Su, Rui Bin ^a   Wei, Xiao Li ^a   Zheng, Jian Quan ^a   Liu, Yin ^a   Lu, Xin Qiang ^a   Li, Jin ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Agmatine; Convulsion; Glutamate; Maximal electroshock; NMDA receptor

Indexed keywords

AGMATINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ARGININE; ARGININE DECARBOXYLASE; BARBITAL; CONVULSANT AGENT; DIZOCILPINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CLONIC SEIZURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DECARBOXYLATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HINDLIMB; INJECTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 1642534414     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2003.11.016     Document Type: Article

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