Pharmacological studies of the opioids, mood stabilizer and dopaminergic drugs on pilocarpine-induced seizures and status epilepticus

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 408, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 84-88

  Freitas, R M ^b   Vasconcelos, S M M ^b   Sousa, F C F ^b   Viana, G S B ^b   Fonteles, M M F ^a,b  

^a Faculty of Pharmacy Dentistry and Nursing   (Brazil)

^b CENTRO UNIVERSITÁRIO UNICHRISTUS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Haloperidol; Morphine; Pilocarpine; SCH 23390; Seizures; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

8 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL HYDROGEN MALEATE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; HALOPERIDOL; LITHIUM; MOOD STABILIZER; MORPHINE; OPIATE; PILOCARPINE; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; LATENT PERIOD; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; STEREOTYPY; TREMOR;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; HALOPERIDOL; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MALE; MORPHINE; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; PILOCARPINE; RATS; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 33749329002     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.08.009     Document Type: Article

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