Influence of ethacrynic acid on the anticonvulsant activity of conventional antiepileptic drugs in the mouse maximal electroshock seizure model

Pharmacological Reports

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 808-813

  Łukawski, Krzysztof ^a   Świderska, Grazyna ^a   Łuszczki, Jarogniew J ^a,b   Czuczwar, Stanisław J ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Ethacrynic acid; Maximal electroshock seizure test; Pharmacodynamic interaction

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETACRYNIC ACID; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROATE MAGNESIUM;

ACUTE DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG BRAIN LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; ELECTRIC SHOCK; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 79551475281     PISSN: 22995684     EISSN: 22995684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1734-1140(10)70341-8     Document Type: Article

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