The effect of l-arginine and l-NAME on pentylenetetrazole induced seizures in ovariectomized rats, an in vivo study

Seizure

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 695-698

  Hosseini, Mahmoud ^a   Sadeghnia, Hamid Reza ^a   Salehabadi, Soodabeh ^b   Alavi, Hassan ^a   Gorji, Ali ^c  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

l Arginine; l NAME; Ovariectomy; Penetylenetetrazole (PTZ); Rat; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; PENTETRAZOLE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CLONIC SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; SHAM PROCEDURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ARGININE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; OVARIECTOMY; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES;

EID: 71549167994     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2009.09.008     Document Type: Article

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