Effects of acute and chronic lamotrigine treatment on basal and stimulated extracellular amino acids in the hippocampus of freely moving rats

Brain Research

Volumn 1029, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-47

  Ahmad, Shagufta ^a   Fowler, Leslie J ^a   Whitton, Peter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Hippocampus; Lamotrigine; Microdialysis

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; LAMOTRIGINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; TAURINE; VERATRIDINE;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TAURINE; TRIAZINES; VERATRIDINE;

EID: 7744243019     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.09.016     Document Type: Article

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