Trans-4-aminocrotonic acid (TACA), a potent agonist of GABAA and GABAC receptors, shows a proconvulsant action in the electroconvulsive threshold test in mice

Pharmacological Reports

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 121-123

  Borowicz, Kinga K ^a   Zadrozniak, Marek ^a   Czuczwar, Stanisław J ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Electroconvulsive threshold; Ionotropic GABA receptors; Seizures; TACA

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID C RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; 4 AMINOCROTONIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 18044394369     PISSN: 22995684     EISSN: 22995684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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