Anticonvulsants for nerve agent-induced seizures: The influence of the therapeutic dose of atropine

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 320, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 154-161

  Shih, Tsung Ming ^a   Rowland, Tami C ^a   McDonough, John H ^a  

^a US ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL DEFENSE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2 ETHYL S(2 (DIISOPROPYLAMINO)ETHYL)METHYLPHOSPHONOTHIOIC ACID; 2 ISOBUTYL S (2 DIETHYLAMINO)ETHYL)METHYL PHOSPHONOTHIOIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; ATROPINE; CYCLOSARIN; DIAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; PHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PRALIDOXIME CHLORIDE; SARIN; SCOPOLAMINE; SOMAN; TABUN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; LD 50; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ATROPINE; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; DIAZEPAM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; SCOPOLAMINE; SEIZURES;

EID: 33845885861     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: 15210103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/jpet.106.111252     Document Type: Article

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