Modulation of Antiepileptic Effect of Phenytoin and Carbamazepine by Melatonin in Mice

Methods and Findings in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 99-102

  Gupta, Y K ^a   Gupta, M ^b   Chaudhary, G ^a   Kohli, K ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Carbamazepine; Maximal electroshock seizure; Melatonin; Phenytoin

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; MELATONIN; PHENYTOIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG POTENTIATION; ELECTRIC SHOCK; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHARMACODYNAMICS; SEIZURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; AREA UNDER CURVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; DRUG SYNERGISM; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROSHOCK; EPILEPSY; FORECASTING; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; MELATONIN; MICE; PHENYTOIN;

EID: 1842555453     PISSN: 03790355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/mf.2004.26.2.800061     Document Type: Article

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