Extracellular hypothalamic γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and L-glutamic acid concentrations in response to bicuculline in a genetic absence epilepsy rat model

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 301-309

  Yananli, Hasan R ^a,b   Terzioǧlu, Berna ^b   Goren, M Zafer ^a,b   Aker, Rezzan G ^a,b   Aypak, Cenk ^b   Onat, Filiz Y ^a,b  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Central cardiovascular regulation; Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus (DMH); Genetic absence epileptic rats from Strasbourg (GAERS); Microdialysis; Posterior hypothalamus (PH)

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BICUCULLINE METHIODIDE; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ABSENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CELL LEVEL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENETIC DISORDER; HEART RATE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPIKE WAVE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WISTAR RAT;

EID: 40549108611     PISSN: 13478613     EISSN: 13478648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jphs.FP0071709     Document Type: Article

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