Vinpocetine inhibits the epileptic cortical activity and auditory alterations induced by pentylenetetrazole in the guinea pig in vivo

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-71

  Nekrassov, Vladimir ^a   Sitges, María ^b  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Brainstem auditory evoked potentials; Cognitive functions; Epilepsy; Hearing; Superior olivary complex

Indexed keywords

CONVULSANT AGENT; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; PENTETRAZOLE; VINPOCETINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; GUINEA PIG; HEARING LOSS; IN VIVO STUDY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MONAURAL HEARING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONVULSANTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; GUINEA PIGS; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; MALE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; VINCA ALKALOIDS;

EID: 3242814482     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2004.05.005     Document Type: Article

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