Comparison of the antiepileptic properties of transmeningeally delivered muscimol, lidocaine, midazolam, pentobarbital and GABA, in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 469, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 421-424

  Baptiste, Shirn L ^a   Tang, Hai M ^a   Kuzniecky, Ruben I ^a   Devinsky, Orrin ^a   French, Jacqueline A ^a   Ludvig, Nandor ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; EEG seizures; Focal epilepsy; Muscimol; Transmeningeal pharmacotherapy

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; LIDOCAINE; MUSCIMOL; PENTOBARBITAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; MUSCIMOL; PENTOBARBITAL; RATS; SEIZURES; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 73649108539     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.12.042     Document Type: Article

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