Prenatal corticosteroid exposure alters early developmental seizures and behavior

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 95, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 9-19

  Velíšek, Libor ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Betamethasone; Flurothyl; Hydrocortisone; Kainic acid

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CANRENOIC ACID; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUROTHYL; HYDROCORTISONE; KAINIC ACID;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BETAMETHASONE; CANRENOATE POTASSIUM; CONVULSANTS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLUROTHYL; HYDROCORTISONE; KAINIC ACID; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 79957931603     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2011.01.019     Document Type: Article

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