Anticonvulsant effects of damage to structures involved in seizure induction in rats exposed to soman

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 819-828

  Myhrer, Trond ^a   Enger, Siri ^a   Aas, Pål ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsant effects; Cholinergic pathways; Lesions; Rats; Seizures; Soman

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; SOMAN;

ADIPSIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; APHAGIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN TISSUE; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; SEIZURES; SOMAN; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 34447326409     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2007.03.010     Document Type: Article

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