Study pharmacologic of the GABAergic and glutamatergic drugs on seizures and status epilepticus induced by pilocarpine in adult Wistar rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 419, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 253-257

  Pereira, M B ^a   Freitas, R L M ^a   Assis, M A G ^a   Silva, R F ^a   Fonteles, M M F ^b   Freitas, R M ^a   Takahashi, R N ^c  

^a Curso de Farmácia Faculdade Católica Rainha do Sertão   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gamma amino butyric acid pentin; Glutamate; Ketamine; NMDA; Phenobarbital; Pilocarpine; Seizures; Status epilepticus; Vigabatrine

Indexed keywords

FRANCOTAR; GABAPENTIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; KETAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; PHENOBARBITAL; PILOCARPINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIGABATRIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EPILEPTIC STATE; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; STEREOTYPY; TREMOR;

AMINES; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; KETAMINE; MALE; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; N-METHYLASPARTATE; PHENOBARBITAL; PILOCARPINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA; RECEPTORS, NEUROTRANSMITTER; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; VIGABATRIN;

EID: 34249012438     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.04.021     Document Type: Article

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