Methyl ethyl ketone blocks status epilepticus induced by lithium-pilocarpine in rats

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 872-878

  Inoue, Osamu ^a   Sugiyama, Eriko ^a   Hasebe, Nobuyoshi ^a,b   Tsuchiya, Noriko ^b   Hosoi, Rie ^a   Yamaguchi, Masatoshi ^c   Abe, Kohji ^a,b   Gee, Antony ^d  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHIONOGI AND CO LTD   (Japan)

^c FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetone; Anticonvulsant; Diethyl ketone; Ketogenic diet; Lithium pilocarpine; Methyl ethyl ketone; Neuroprotection; Seizure

Indexed keywords

2 BUTANONE; 3 PENTANONE; ACETONE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DIAZEPAM; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; KETONE; LITHIUM; PILOCARPINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACETONE; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BUTANONES; HIPPOCAMPUS; KETOGENIC DIET; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MALE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PENTANONES; PILOCARPINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 70350075821     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2009.00357.x     Document Type: Article

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