Plastic changes and disease-modifying effects of scopolamine in the pilocarpine model of epilepsy in rats

Epilepsia

Volumn 46, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2005, Pages 118-124

  Pereira, Heloísa A A ^a   Benassi, Simone K ^a   Mello, Luiz E ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antiepileptogenesis; Hippocampus; Pilocarpine; Plasticity; Scopolamine; Status epilepticus; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; METHYLSCOPOLAMINE; PILOCARPINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DRUG EFFECT; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 21844431840     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2005.01017.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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