Influence of aminoglutethimide and spironolactone on the efficacy of carbamazepine and diphenylhydantoin against amygdala-kindled seizures in rats

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 516, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 212-218

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

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aminoglutethimide; Amygdala kindled seizures; Carbamazepine; Diphenylhydantoin; Spironolactone

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLUTETHIMIDE; AMINOPHYLLINE; BICUCULLINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; HYDROCORTISONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; PHENYTOIN; SPIRONOLACTONE;

AFTERDISCHARGE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AMINOGLUTETHIMIDE; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BRAIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHENYTOIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; ROTAROD PERFORMANCE TEST; SEIZURES; SPIRONOLACTONE;

EID: 21544433545     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2005.01.040     Document Type: Article

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