Anticonvulsant and hypnotic effects of amiodarone

Journal of Zhejiang University: Science B

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 317-322

  Ozbakis Dengiz, Gunnur ^a   Bakirci, Aysegul ^b  

^a ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Caffeine; Convulsion; Phentylenetetrazole (PTZ); Sleeping

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; DIAZEPAM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SLEEP INDUCTION; SLEEP TIME;

AMIODARONE; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MICE; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 63849257698     PISSN: 16731581     EISSN: 18621783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1631/jzus.B0820316     Document Type: Article

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