Cannabinoid suppressed bicuculline-induced convulsion without respiratory depression in the brainstem-spinal cord preparation from newborn rats

Biomedical Research

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 241-247

  Koda, Shusuke ^a   Takeda, Shinhiro ^a   Onimaru, Hiroshi ^b   Akada, Shinji ^a   Sakamoto, Atsuhiro ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 (2,4 DICHLOROPHENYL) 5 (4 IODOPHENYL) 4 METHYL N (1 PIPERIDYL) 1H PYRAZOLE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; 2,3 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 3 (MORPHOLINOMETHYL) 6 (1 NAPHTHOYL)PYRROLO[1,2,3 DE][1,4]BENZOXAZINE; BICUCULLINE; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR AGONIST;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RAT; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SEIZURE; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BICUCULLINE; BRAIN STEM; CANNABINOIDS; CONVULSANTS; MORPHOLINES; NAPHTHALENES; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, CANNABINOID; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SEIZURES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 31344437821     PISSN: 03886107     EISSN: 1880313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2220/biomedres.26.241     Document Type: Article

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