Gabapentin attenuates acute hypoxic stress-induced behavioral alterations and oxidative damage in mice: Possible involvement of GABAergic mechanism

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 159-163

  Kumar, Anil ^a   Goyal, Richa ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Gabapentin; Hypoxic stress; Lipid peroxidation; Locomotor activity; Muscimol; Picrotoxin

Indexed keywords

MUS;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINE; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GABAPENTIN; MUSCIMOL; PICROTOXIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

AMINES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BRAIN; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCIMOL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PICROTOXIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 45149085070     PISSN: 00195189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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