Sildenafil influences the anticonvulsant activity of vigabatrin and gabapentin in the timed pentylenetetrazole infusion test in mice

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 129-135

  Nieoczym, Dorota ^a   Socała, Katarzyna ^a   Łuszczki, Jarogniew J ^b,c   Czuczwar, Stanisław J ^b,c   Wlaź, Piotr ^a  

^a MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Epilepsy; Pentylenetetrazole; Seizure models; Sildenafil

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; PENTETRAZOLE; SILDENAFIL; VIGABATRIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CHIMNEY TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; GRIP STRENGTH TEST; LONG TERM MEMORY; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NONHUMAN; PARAMETERS; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE TEST; TONIC SEIZURE;

AMINES; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SYNERGISM; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HAND STRENGTH; MALE; MICE; MOTOR SKILLS; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE 5 INHIBITORS; PIPERAZINES; PURINES; SEIZURES; SULFONES; VIGABATRIN;

EID: 84864510263     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: 18784216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2012.05.020     Document Type: Article

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