Additive anticonvulsant effects of agmatine and lithium chloride on pentylenetetrazole-induced clonic seizure in mice: Involvement of α2-adrenoceptor

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 666, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 93-99

  Bahremand, Arash ^a   Ziai, Pouya ^a   Payandemehr, Borna ^a   Rahimian, Reza ^a   Amouzegar, Afsaneh ^a   Khezrian, Mina ^a   Montaser Kouhsari, Laleh ^a   Meibodi, Maryam Aghaei ^a   Ebrahimi, Ali ^a   Ghasemi, Abbas ^a,b   Ghasemi, Mehdi ^a   Dehpour, Ahmad Reza ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

2 Adrenoceptor; (Mouse); Agmatine; Lithium chloride; Pentylenetetrazole induced clonic seizure

Indexed keywords

AGMATINE; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CLONIDINE; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; PENTETRAZOLE; VALPROIC ACID; YOHIMBINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLONIC SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGMATINE; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SYNERGISM; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MALE; MICE; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; SEIZURES; YOHIMBINE;

EID: 79959918447     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: 18790712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2011.05.043     Document Type: Article

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