Lamotrigine does not impair motor performance and spontaneous behavior in developing rats

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 464-471

  Mikulecká, Anna ^a   Kubová, Hana ^a   Mareš, Pavel ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Lamotrigine; Motor performance; Ontogeny; Open field; Rat

Indexed keywords

LAMOTRIGINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DRUG RESPONSE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; OPEN FIELD TEST; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; RAT; REARING;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTICONVULSANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SKILLS; RATS; REACTION TIME; TRIAZINES;

EID: 4043108312     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2004.04.013     Document Type: Article

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