Selective resistance of taurine-fed mice to isoniazide-potentiated seizures: In vivo functional test for the activity of glutamic acid decarboxylase

Neuroscience

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 693-699

  El Idrissi, A ^a,b   L'Amoreaux, W J ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

GABA; GAD; isoniazide; pyridoxal 5 phosphate; seizure; taurine

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; ISONIAZID; KAINIC ACID; TAURINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FUNCTION TEST; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEIZURE; SEIZURE THRESHOLD;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; ISONIAZID; KAINIC ACID; MALE; MICE; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; REACTION TIME; SEIZURES; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; TAURINE;

EID: 53249154647     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.07.055     Document Type: Article

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