Anticonvulsant effect of carnosine on penicillin-induced epileptiform activity in rats

Brain Research

Volumn 1239, Issue , 2008, Pages 249-255

  Kozan, Ramazan ^a   Sefil, Fatih ^b   Baǧirici, Faruk ^b  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carnosine; ECoG; Epilepsy; Penicillin; Rat

Indexed keywords

CARNOSINE; PENICILLIN G;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; CARNOSINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPILEPSY; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

RATTUS;

EID: 53949111149     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.08.019     Document Type: Article

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