Anticonvulsant action of three neurosteroids against cortical epileptic afterdischarges in immature rats

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 179-184

  Mareš, Pavel ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Epileptic afterdischarges; Neurosteroids; Ontogeny; Rat; Sensorimotor cortex

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ELTANOLONE; NEUROSTEROID; TRIETHYLAMMONIUM 3ALPHA HYDROXY 20 OXO 5ALPHA PREGNAN 21 YL HYDROGEN SUCCINATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CLONIC SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTICONVULSANTS; DESOXYCORTICOSTERONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PREGNANOLONE; RATS; SEIZURES;

EID: 28144445326     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2005.08.008     Document Type: Article

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