Effects of meclofenamic acid on limbic epileptogenesis in mice kindling models

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 543, Issue , 2013, Pages 110-114

  Jin, Miaomiao ^a   Dai, Yunjian ^a   Xu, Cenglin ^a   Wang, Yi ^a   Wang, Shuang ^b   Chen, Zhong ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Epileptogenesis; Gap junction; Kindling; Meclofenamic acid

Indexed keywords

MECLOFENAMIC ACID;

AFTERDISCHARGE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EPILEPTOGENESIS; EXCITABILITY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; KINDLING; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MECLOFENAMIC ACID; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL;

EID: 84877124086     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.03.029     Document Type: Article

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