Levamisole-induced reduction in seizure threshold: A possible role of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor-mediated pathway

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Volumn 382, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 279-285

  Rehni, Ashish K ^a   Singh, Thakur Gurjeet ^a  

^a CHITKARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

2,2,6,6 tetramethylpiperidin 4 yl heptanoate; Levamisole; Nicotine; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors; Seizures

Indexed keywords

2,2,6,6 TETRAMETHYLPIPERIDIN 4 YL HEPTANOATE; LEVAMISOLE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DRUG EFFECT; LD 50; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SEIZURE; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SYNERGISM; LEVAMISOLE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SEIZURES;

EID: 77957567678     PISSN: 00281298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00210-010-0543-4     Document Type: Article

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