On the mechanism of anticonvulsant effect of tramadol in mice

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 74-81

  Manocha, Anshu ^a,b   Sharma, Krishna Kishore ^a   Mediratta, Pramod Kumari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Aminobutyric acid; Kappa opioid receptors; Maximal electroshock seizures; N Methyl D aspartate; Opioids; Tramadol

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 5 AMINOVALERIC ACID; 5,9 DIETHYL 2 (3 FURYLMETHYL) 2' HYDROXY 6,7 BENZOMORPHAN; BACLOFEN; DIAZEPAM; DIZOCILPINE; FLUMAZENIL; NALOXONE; NALTRINDOLE; TRAMADOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; MICE; N-METHYLASPARTATE; TRAMADOL;

EID: 26444607501     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2005.07.013     Document Type: Article

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