Lipoic acid effects on glutamate and taurine concentrations in rat hippocampus after pilocarpine-induced seizures;Efeitos do ácido lipóico nas concentrações de glutamato e taurina no hipocampo de ratos após convulsões induzidas por pilocarpina

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 69, Issue 2 B, 2011, Pages 360-364

  dos Santos, Pauline Sousa ^a   Campêlo, Lidianne Mayra Lopes ^a   de Freitas, Rizângela Lyne Mendes ^b   Feitosa, Chistiane Mendes ^a   Saldanha, Gláucio Barros ^b   de Freitas, Rivelilson Mendes ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

^b Laboratório de Patologia Clínica Pathovet   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Glutamate; Hippocampus; Pilocarpine; Seizures; Taurine

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; PILOCARPINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TAURINE; THIOCTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEIZURE;

EID: 79958818231     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2011000300018     Document Type: Article

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