Dose-dependent anticonvulsant effects of linoleic and α-linolenic polyunsaturated fatty acids on pentylenetetrazol induced seizures in rats

Epilepsia

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 72-82

  Taha, Ameer Y ^a   Filo, Elvis ^a   Ma, David W L ^a,b   McIntyre Burnham, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

linolenic acid; Epilepsy; Linoleic acid; Omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids; Pentylenetetrazol; Seizures

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PENTETRAZOLE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SR 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; EPILEPSY; LATENT PERIOD; LIPID BRAIN LEVEL; LIPID COMPOSITION; LONG EVANS RAT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; CONVULSANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LINOLEIC ACID; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; RATS; SEIZURES;

EID: 58149242571     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01731.x     Document Type: Article

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