Effects of drugs acting on the GABA-benzodiazepine receptor complex on flurothyl-induced seizures in Mongolian gerbils

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 536, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 241-247

  Hashimoto, Yasuhiko ^a   Araki, Hiroaki ^b   Suemaru, Katsuya ^b   Gomita, Yutaka ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

(Mongolian gerbil); Amino acid; Flurothyl; GABA benzodiazepine receptor

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; AMINO ACID; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIAZEPAM; FLUMAZENIL; FLUROTHYL; PICROTOXIN; VALPROIC ACID;

AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CEREBELLUM; CLONIC SEIZURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; GERBIL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MYOTONIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; CONVULSANTS; DIAZEPAM; ETHANOL; FLUMAZENIL; FLUROTHYL; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GERBILLINAE; MALE; PICROTOXIN; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SEIZURES; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 33646022212     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2006.02.036     Document Type: Article

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