Gender difference in the influence of antioxidants on the blood-brain barrier permeability during pentylenetetrazol-induced seizures in hyperthermic rat pups

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-83

  Oztas, Baria ^a   Akgul, Sibel ^a   Seker, F Burcu ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Seizure; Selenium; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; DRINKING WATER; EVANS BLUE; PENTETRAZOLE; SELENIUM; TRACER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DRUG PENETRATION; FEMALE; HYPERTHERMIA; MALE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; RAT; SEIZURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CONVULSANTS; FEMALE; FEVER; MALE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; PERMEABILITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES; SELENIUM; SEX FACTORS; VITAMIN E;

RATTUS;

EID: 34848868820     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-007-0020-1     Document Type: Article

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