Allopregnanolone potentiates the glutamate-mediated seizures induced by 4-aminopyridine in rat hippocampus in vivo

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 596-603

  Salazar, Patricia ^a   Tapia, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

4 Aminopyridine; Allopregnanolone; Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Neurosteroids

Indexed keywords

3BETA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOPYRIDINE; ASPARTIC ACID; DIZOCILPINE; GLUTAMIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; EXCITOTOXICITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT; SEIZURE; UPREGULATION;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ANIMALS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; PREGNANOLONE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES;

RATTUS;

EID: 84862843785     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: 15736903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-011-0649-1     Document Type: Article

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