Antiepileptic effect of carbenoxolone on seizures induced by 4-aminopyridine: A study in the rat hippocampus and entorhinal cortex

Brain Research

Volumn 1187, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-81

  Medina Ceja, Laura ^a   Cordero Romero, Antonio ^a   Morales Villagrán, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

4 Aminopyridine; Carbenoxolone; Entorhinal cortex; Gap junction; Hippocampus; Seizure

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; CARBENOXOLONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL HEMISUCCINATE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RATING SCALE; SEIZURE;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ANIMALS; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CARBENOXOLONE; CONVULSANTS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EPILEPSY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 36549007384     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.10.040     Document Type: Article

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