The role of nitric oxide in the anticonvulsant effects of pyridoxine on penicillin-induced epileptiform activity in rats

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-59

  Bosnak, Mehmet ^b   Ayyildiz, Mustafa ^a   Yildirim, Mehmet ^a   Agar, Erdal ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

7 NI; Experimental epilepsy; l Arginine; l NAME; Vitamin B6

Indexed keywords

7 NITROINDAZOLE; ARGININE; N(G) NITRO DEXTRO ARGININE METHYL ESTER; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PENICILLIN G; PYRIDOXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ARGININE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EPILEPSY; INDAZOLES; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; PENICILLINS; PYRIDOXINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34547781256     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2007.06.011     Document Type: Article

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