A Bacterial Cocaine Esterase Protects Against Cocaine-Induced Epileptogenic Activity and Lethality

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 409-420

  Jutkiewicz, Emily M ^a   Baladi, Michelle G ^a   Cooper, Ziva D ^a   Narasimhan, Diwahar ^a   Sunahara, Roger K ^a   Woods, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; CARBOXYLESTERASE; COCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; TROPARIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONVULSION; DEATH; DEGRADATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; ENZYME MECHANISM; EPILEPTOGENESIS; LETHALITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BACTERIA; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68649108141     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.09.023     Document Type: Article

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