Lipoic acid pretreatment attenuates ferric chloride-induced seizures in the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 1016, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 139-144

  Meyerhoff, James L ^a   Lee, Jae K ^a   Rittase, Bradley W ^a   Tsang, Anne Y ^a   Yourick, Debra L ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Brain injury; Disorders of the nervous system; Epilepsy: anticonvulsant drugs; Free radical; Hemoglobin; Iron; Lipoic acid; Seizure

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROLIPOATE; FERRIC CHLORIDE; IRON SALT; THIOCTIC ACID;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; SEIZURES; THIOCTIC ACID;

EID: 3042734590     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.03.019     Document Type: Article

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