Metoprine induced behavioral modifications and brain regional histamine increase in WAG/Rij and Wistar rats

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 148-156

  Samotaeva, Irina S ^a   Birioukova, Lidiya M ^a,b   Midzyanovskaya, Inna S ^a,b   Kuznetsova, Galina D ^a   Bazyan, Ara S ^a   Tuomisto, Leena ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGHER NERVOUS ACTIVITY AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Absence epilepsy; Audiogenic epilepsy; Behavior; Histamine; Metoprine; WAG Rij rats

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; METODICLOROFEN;

ABSENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDIOGENIC SEIZURE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIXED SEIZURE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SNIFFING; SPIKE WAVE; STEREOTYPY; THALAMUS; WISTAR ALBINO GLAXO RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; GROOMING; HISTAMINE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PYRIMETHAMINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84865072112     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2012.03.016     Document Type: Article

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