Anticonvulsant and antiarrhythmic effects of nifedipine in rats prone to audiogenic seizures

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1060-1065

  Damasceno, D D ^a,b   Ferreira, A J ^b   Doretto, M C ^b   Almeida, A P ^b  

^a Campus Rio Pomba   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Audiogenic seizures; Calcium channel antagonism; Epilepsy; Nifedipine

Indexed keywords

NIFEDIPINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUDIOGENIC SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FUNCTION; HEART PERFUSION; HEART RATE; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEIZURE; SINUS RHYTHM; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; MALE; NIFEDIPINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84866366789     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2012007500119     Document Type: Article

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