Effects of female sex hormones on caffeine-induced epileptiform activity in rats

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 366-371

  Borekci, Bunyamin ^a   Ingec, Metin ^a   Yilmaz, Mehmet ^b   Kukula, Osman ^c   Karaca, Mehmet ^d   Hacimuftuoglu, Ahmet ^a   Halici, Zekai ^a   Suleyman, Halis ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

^c Mehmet Aydin State Hospital   (Turkey)

^d KAFKAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Caffeine; Epilepsy; Estrogen; FSH; LH; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CAFFEINE; CORTICOSTERONE; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NORADRENALIN; PROGESTERONE; TAMOXIFEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CAFFEINE; CORTICOSTERONE; EPILEPSY; EPINEPHRINE; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NOREPINEPHRINE; OVARIECTOMY; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TAMOXIFEN;

EID: 77951121588     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09513590903511513     Document Type: Article

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