The proconvulsant effects of leptin on glutamate receptor-mediated seizures in mice

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 82, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 99-103

  Lynch, James J ^a   Shek, Eugene W ^a   Castagné, Vincent ^b   Mittelstadt, Scott W ^a  

^a ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Porsolt and Partners Pharmacology   (France)

Author keywords

AMPA; Convulsions; Glutamate; Kainate; Leptin; NMDA

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; GLUTAMIC ACID; KAINIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; RECOMBINANT LEPTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CONVULSANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; SEIZURES;

EID: 77952322222     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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