Activity of common anticonvulsant drugs on spinal seizure-induced by sudden cooling

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1202-1208

  Piña Crespo, Juan C ^a   Daló, Nelson L ^a  

^a Research Unit   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsant; Seizure; Spinal cooling; Spinal cord; Sudden cooling

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; DIZOCILPINE; FLUMAZENIL; MEPHENESIN; PENTOBARBITAL; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID; VALPRON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; HINDLIMB; LEG MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; RECORDING; SPINAL CORD; TOAD; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANURA; COLD; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; SEIZURES; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 33747075108     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2006.02.016     Document Type: Article

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