Effect of Brewer's yeast-induced pyrexia on aminophylline-elicited convulsions in mice

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 273-280

  Ochr, Rika ^a   Suemaru, Katsuya ^b   Kawasaki, Hiromu ^a   Araki, Hiroaki ^b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brewer's yeast; GABAA receptor; Pyrexia; Seizures; Theophylline

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ADENOSINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; AMINOPHYLLINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CONVULSANT AGENT; DIAZEPAM; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; PENTETRAZOLE; PICROTOXIN;

ANIMAL; APNEA; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHILD; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEIZURE;

AMINOPHYLLINE; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; APNEA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CHILD; CONVULSANTS; DIAZEPAM; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; FEVER; GABA-A RECEPTOR AGONISTS; GABA-A RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; GABA-B RECEPTOR AGONISTS; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MICE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; PICROTOXIN; PURINERGIC P1 RECEPTOR AGONISTS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEIZURES;

MUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 74349087038     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: 0386300X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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