The effects of phenytoin and phenobartial on seizures induced by imipenem/cilastatin in rats

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 20-26

  Zivanovic, Dragana ^a   Stanojlovic, Olivera ^a   Susic, Veselinka ^a   Stojanovic, Jelena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

EEG; Imipenen cilastatin; Phenobarbital; Phenytoin; Rat; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CILASTATIN; IMIPENEM; PENTOBARBITAL; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; THIENAM;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CANNULA; CLONUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FORELIMB; HEAD MOVEMENT; MALE; MUSCLE TWITCH; NONHUMAN; RAT; REARING; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; SPIKE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CILASTATIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; IMIPENEM; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES;

EID: 2342433862     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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