Homocysteine thiolactone-induced seizures in adult rats are aggravated by inhibition of inducible nitric oxide synthase

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 496-503

  Hrncic D ^a   Rasic Markovic A ^a   MacUt, D ^a   Susic V ^b   Djuric, D ^a   Stanojlovic O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b SERBIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND ARTS   (Serbia)

Author keywords

aminoguanidine; EEG; homocysteine; iNOS inhibition; rats; seizures

Indexed keywords

AMINOGUANIDINE; HOMOCYSTEINE THIOLACTONE;

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENZYME INHIBITION; EPILEPTOGENESIS; EXPERIMENTAL SEIZURE; HOMOCYSTEINE THIOLACTONE INDUCED SEIZURE; INCIDENCE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMINOGUANIDINE; EEG; HOMOCYSTEINE; INOS INHIBITION; RATS; SEIZURES;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HOMOCYSTEINE; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES;

EID: 84898989244     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: 14770903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327113491510     Document Type: Article

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