Decreased GABA receptor in the cerebral cortex of epileptic rats: Effect of Bacopa monnieri and Bacoside-A

Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Mathew, Jobin ^a   Balakrishnan, Savitha ^b   Antony, Sherin ^b   Abraham, Pretty ^b   Paulose, C S ^b  

^a CMS COLLEGE   (India)

^b Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

Bacopa monnieri; Bacoside A; Carbamazepine; Epilepsy; Pilocarpine

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BACLOFEN; BACOPA MONNIERI EXTRACT; BACOSIDE A; BICUCULLINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CYCLIC AMP; DIAZEPAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; PILOCARPINE; PLANT EXTRACT; SAPONIN; TRITERPENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACOPA MONNIERI; BRAIN CORTEX; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EPILEPSY; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BACOPA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; WISTAR RAT;

BACOPA MONNIERI; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; BACOPA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MAZE LEARNING; PILOCARPINE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; SAPONINS; TRITERPENES;

EID: 84857290003     PISSN: 10217770     EISSN: 14230127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1423-0127-19-25     Document Type: Article

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