Anticonvulsant action of a new analogue of allopregnanolone in immature rats

Physiological Research

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 305-308

  Mares P ^a   Kubova H ^a   Kasal, A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Convulsions; Developing rats; Ganaxolone; Neuroactive steroids; Pentylenetetrazol

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 21EPSILON,22 OXIDO 21 HOMO 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 3ALPHA-HYDROXY-21EPSILON,22-OXIDO-21-HOMO-5ALPHA-PREGNAN-20-ONE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ELTANOLONE; GANAXOLONE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; RAT;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; PREGNANOLONE; RATS;

EID: 77953956916     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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