The effect of alpha-tocopherol in the acute ethanol intake and its withdrawal on penicillin-induced epilepsy

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 177-188

  Kozan, Ramazan ^a   Ayyildiz, Mustafa ^a   Yildirim, Mehmet ^a   Agar, Erdal ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute; Alpha tocopherol; ECoG; Epileptiform activity; Ethanol; Penicillin

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DISEASE MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG INTERACTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; WISTAR RAT; WITHDRAWAL SEIZURE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL SEIZURES; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; ETHANOL; MALE; PENICILLINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 70349252861     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: 00651400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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