Influence of sildenafil on the anticonvulsant action of selected antiepileptic drugs against pentylenetetrazole-induced clonic seizures in mice

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 119, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 923-931

  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; Clonic seizures; Epilepsy; Mice; Pentylenetetrazole; Seizure models; Sildenafil

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; PENTETRAZOLE; PHENOBARBITAL; SILDENAFIL; TIAGABINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLONIC SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; GRIP STRENGTH; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOUSE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CONVULSANTS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; MALE; MICE; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE 5 INHIBITORS; PIPERAZINES; PURINES; SEIZURES; SULFONES;

EID: 84865123208     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: 14351463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-012-0767-1     Document Type: Article

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