Effect of short-term lead exposure on PTZ-induced seizure threshold in mice

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-9

  Mesdaghinia, A ^a   Yazdanpanah, H ^a   Seddighi, M ^a   Banafshe, H R ^a   Heydari, A ^a  

^a KASHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Lead acetate; Pentylenetetrazole; Seizure

Indexed keywords

LEAD; PENTETRAZOLE; CONVULSANT AGENT; LEAD ACETATE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; POLLUTANT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DISEASE MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRINKING; DRUG INTERACTION; POLLUTANT; TIME; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; CONVULSANTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRINKING; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; LEAD; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS;

MUS;

EID: 77957158606     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2010.07.012     Document Type: Article

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