Central action of Araucaria angustifolia seed lectin in mice

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 291-293

  Vasconcelos, Silvânia Maria Mendes ^a,b   Lima, Silvane R ^a   Soares, Paula Matias ^a   Assreuy, Ana Maria Sampaio ^a   de Sousa, Francisca Cléa Florenço ^b   Lobato, Rodrigo de Freitas Guimarães ^b   Vasconcelos, Germana Silva ^b   Santi Gadelha, Tatiane ^c   Bezerra, Eduardo Henrique Salviano ^b   Cavada, Benildo Sousa ^b   Patrocínio, Manoel Cláudio Azevedo ^d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^d Christus Medicine Faculty   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsant effects; Araucaria angustifolia; Central nervous system; Lectin; Natural product; Open field

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; FLUMAZENIL; GLYCINE; PILOCARPINE; PLANT LECTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARAUCARIA ANGUSTIFOLIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GYMNOSPERM; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PLANT SEED; SEIZURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; DIAZEPAM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FLUMAZENIL; LECTINS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICE; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; REACTION TIME; SEEDS; SEIZURES; STRYCHNINE;

EID: 67650482876     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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