Evaluation of the anticonvulsant effect of Centella asiatica (gotu kola) in pentylenetetrazol-induced seizures with respect to cholinergic neurotransmission

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 332-335

  Visweswari, Gopalreddygari ^a   Prasad, Kanchi Siva ^a   Chetan, Pandanaboina Sahitya ^a   Lokanatha, Valluru ^b   Rajendra, Wudayagiri ^a  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b DRAVIDIAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Acetylcholinesterase; Anticonvulsant; Centella asiatica; Epilepsy; Pentylenetetrazol

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BUTANOL; CENTELLA ASIATICA EXTRACT; CHLOROFORM; DIAZEPAM; HEXANE; PENTETRAZOLE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPILEPSY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEIZURE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; CENTELLA; CHOLINERGIC AGENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES;

EID: 77649338267     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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