Antiepileptic effects of quinine in the pentylenetetrazole model of seizure

Seizure

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 129-132

  Nassiri Asl, Marjan ^a   Zamansoltani, Farzaneh ^a   Torabinejad, Behnam ^a  

^a QAZVIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Gap junction channels; Pentylenetetrazole; Quinine; Seizure

Indexed keywords

PENTETRAZOLE; PENTOBARBITAL; QUININE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG POTENTIATION; HYPNOSIS; LATENT PERIOD; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SLEEP TIME;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CONVULSANTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; QUININE; SEIZURES; SLEEP;

EID: 60649107310     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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