Prenatal morphine exposure alters N-methyl-D-aspartate- and kainate- induced seizures in adult male rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-42

  Šlamberová, Romana ^a   Velíšek, Libor ^a   Vathy, Ilona ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Kainic acid; NMDA; Prenatal morphine; Seizures; Wet dog shakes

Indexed keywords

EXCITATORY AMINO ACID RECEPTOR; KAINIC ACID; MORPHINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FETUS; KAINIC ACID; MALE; MORPHINE; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NARCOTICS; PREGNANCY; RATS; SEIZURES;

EID: 17344378843     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(99)00185-9     Document Type: Article

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