Carbamazepine protects the CNS of Wistar rats against the central effects of scorpion envenomation

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 136-142

  Guidine, Patrícia Alves Maia ^a   Moraes Santos, Tasso ^a   Massensini, André Ricardo ^a   Moraes, Márcio Flávio Dutra ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbamazepine; Neuroprotection; Scorpion envenoming; Tityustoxin

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; SCORPION VENOM; TITYUS TOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENVENOMATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CARBAMAZEPINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NEUROTOXINS; PULMONARY EDEMA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; SCORPION VENOMS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; SCORPIONES;

EID: 37849045893     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2007.10.004     Document Type: Article

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