The effect of Rosa damascena essential oil on the amygdala electrical kindling seizures in rat

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 746-751

  Ramezani, Roohollah ^a   Moghimi, Ali ^a   Rakhshandeh, Hassan ^b   Ejtehadi, Hamid ^a   Kheirabadi, Masoumeh ^a  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Epilepsy; Essential oil; Kindling; Rosa damascena

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ESSENTIAL OIL; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; KINDLING; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; RAT; ROSE; SEIZURE; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; MALE; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; ROSA; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; ROSA X DAMASCENA;

EID: 53749086292     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2008.746.751     Document Type: Article

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