Anticonvulsive effect of folic acid in homocysteine thiolactone-induced seizures

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1221-1228

  Marković, Aleksandra Rašić ^a   Hrnčić, Dragan ^a   Macut, Djuro ^a   Stanojlović, Olivera ^a   Djuric, Dragan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

DL homocysteine thiolactone; Electroencephalography; Folic acid; Rats; Seizures

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE THIOLACTONE; PENTOBARBITAL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL SEIZURE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SKULL; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEIZURE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES;

EID: 84860865701     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: 15736830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10571-011-9724-z     Document Type: Article

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