Carnosine inhibits pentylenetetrazol-induced seizures by histaminergic mechanisms in histidine decarboxylase knock-out mice

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 416, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 211-216

  Zhu, Yuan Yuan ^a   Zhu Ge, Zheng Bing ^a   Wu, Deng Chang ^a   Wang, Shuang ^a,b   Liu, Lu Ying ^a   Ohtsu, Hiroshi ^c   Chen, Zhong ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carnosine; Histamine; Histidine decarboxylase; Pentylenetetrazol; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FLUOROMETHYLHISTIDINE; CARNOSINE; HISTIDINE DECARBOXYLASE; PENTETRAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SEIZURE; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TENDON REFLEX; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CARNOSINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HISTAMINE; HISTIDINE DECARBOXYLASE; MALE; METHYLHISTIDINES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; REACTION TIME; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33947588313     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.01.075     Document Type: Article

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