Anticonvulsive effects of quinine on penicillin-induced epileptiform activity: An in vivo study

Seizure

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 166-172

  Bostanci, M Ömer ^a   Bagirici, Faruk ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Behavior; Epileptic activity; Gap junction; Penicillin; Quinine

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 36; PENICILLIN G; QUININE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CANNULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECORDING; SKULL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WISTAR RAT;

ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ION CHANNELS; MALE; PENICILLINS; QUININE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES;

EID: 33846840608     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2006.11.007     Document Type: Article

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