Lipoic acid blocks seizures induced by pilocarpine via increases in δ-aminolevulinic dehydratase and Na+, K+-ATPase activity in rat brain

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 88-91

  de Sales Santos, Ítala Mônica ^a   da Rocha Tomé, Adriana ^b   Feitosa, Chistiane Mendes ^a   de Souza, Geane Felix ^c   Feng, Dejiang ^d   de Freitas, Rivelilson Mendes ^a   Jordán, Joaquín ^e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c Laboratory of Clinical Pathology   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e Universidad de Castilla La Mancha   (Spain)

Author keywords

aminolevulinic dehydratase; Lipoic acid; Na+, K+ ATPase; Pilocarpine; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); PILOCARPINE; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; THIOCTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; MALE; PILOCARPINE; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES; SODIUM-POTASSIUM-EXCHANGING ATPASE; THIOCTIC ACID;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 77249092443     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2009.12.011     Document Type: Article

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