Cyclosporin A aggravates electroshock-induced convulsions in mice with a transient middle cerebral artery occlusion

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 923-928

  Yamauchi, Atsushi ^a   Shuto, Hideki ^a   Dohgu, Shinya ^a   Nakano, Yoshitsugu ^a   Egawa, Takashi ^a   Kataoka, Yasufumi ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Cyclosporin A; Electroshock induced convulsions; Mice; Middle cerebral artery occlusion

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; HEMISPHERE; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, OUTBRED STRAINS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CYCLOSPORINE; ELECTROSHOCK; EPILEPSY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MICE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 23844513916     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10571-005-4956-5     Document Type: Article

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