Corrigendum to "Anticonvulsant effects of carbenoxolone in genetically epilepsy prone rats (GEPRs)"[Neuropharmacology 47 (2004) 1205-1216] (DOI:10.1016/j.neuropharm.2004.08.021);Anticonvulsant effects of carbenoxolone in genetically epilepsy prone rats (GEPRs)

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1205-1216

  Gareri, Pietro ^a   Condorelli, Daniele ^b   Belluardo, Natale ^c   Russo, Emilio ^a   Loiacono, Antonella ^a   Barresi, Vincenza ^b   Trovato Salinato, Angela ^b   Mirone, Melita B ^c   Ferreri Ibbadu, Guido ^a   De Sarro, Giovambattista ^a  

^a Chair of Pharmacology   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Audiogenic seizures; Carbenoxolone; Connexin; Epilepsy; Gap junction; GEPR 3s; GEPR 9s

Indexed keywords

CARBENOXOLONE; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUDIOGENIC SEIZURE; BRAIN REGION; CLONIC SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; INFERIOR OLIVE; MALE; MICROINJECTION; MOTOR COORDINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 9644294329     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2009.04.002     Document Type: Erratum

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