A guinea pig hippocampal slice model of organophosphate-induced seizure activity

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 310, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 678-686

  Harrison, Patrick K ^a   Sheridan, Robert D ^a   Green, A Chris ^a   Scott, Iain R ^a   Tattersall, John E H ^a  

^a Biomedical Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

8 CYCLOPENTYLTHEOPHYLLINE; ADENOSINE A1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ATROPINE; BIPERIDEN; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; DIAZEPAM; MAGNESIUM ION; MECAMYLAMINE; METHYLLYCACONITINE; MIDAZOLAM; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NEOSTIGMINE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; OTENZEPAD; PARAOXON; PHYSOSTIGMINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SOMAN; TELENZEPINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GUINEA PIG; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; ATROPINE; GUINEA PIGS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; SEIZURES; SOMAN;

EID: 3343013929     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/jpet.104.065433     Document Type: Article

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