Modulation of pentylenetetrazole-induced seizures and oxidative stress parameters by sodium valproate in the absence and presence of N-acetylcysteine

Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 247-253

  Uma Devi, P ^a   Kolappa Pillai, K ^a   Vohora, Divya ^a  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

N acetylcysteine; Oxidative stress; Pentylenetetrazole; Sodium valproate

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; PENTETRAZOLE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; VALPROIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLONIC SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; LATENT PERIOD; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MOUSE; MYOCLONUS; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GLUTATHIONE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MICE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; SEIZURES; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 33646508512     PISSN: 07673981     EISSN: 14728206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-8206.2006.00401.x     Document Type: Article

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