Ethanol suppressed seizures in lindane-treated rats. Electroencephalographic and behavioral studies

Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 641-656

  Mladenovic D ^a   Hrncic D ^a   Vucevic D ^a   Radosavljevic T ^a   Loncar Stevanovic H ^a   Petrovic J ^a   Susic V ^b   Djuric, D ^a   Stanojlović, Olivera ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b SERBIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND ARTS   (Serbia)

Author keywords

EEG; Ethanol; Lindane; Rats; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; LINDANE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NONHUMAN; POWER SPECTRUM; RAT; SEIZURE; SPIKE WAVE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ETHANOL; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LINDANE; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES;

EID: 38149105870     PISSN: 08675910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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