Nifedipine inhibits picrotoxin-induced seizure activity: Further evidence on the involvement of L-type calcium channel blockers in epilepsy

Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-119

  Otoom, Sameer ^a   Hasan, Zuhair ^a  

^a ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Calcium channel; Nifedipine; Picrotoxin; Seizure

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; NIFEDIPINE; PICROTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLONIC SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; LATENT PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CONVULSANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; NIFEDIPINE; PICROTOXIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEIZURES;

EID: 33645310656     PISSN: 07673981     EISSN: 14728206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-8206.2006.00393.x     Document Type: Article

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