Decreased GABA receptor in the cerebral cortex of epileptic rats: effect of Bacopa monnieri and Bacoside-A

Journal of Biomedical Science

CS Paulose²  Pretty Mary Abraham²  Sherin Antony²  Savitha Balakrishnan²  Jobin Mathew¹ 

[1] Department of Zoology, CMS College Kottayam, Kerala-686 001, India;Molecular Neurobiology and Cell Biology Unit, Centre for Neuroscience, Department of Biotechnology, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin-682 022, Kerala, India

关键词: Carbamazepine;    Pilocarpine;    Bacoside-A;    Bacopa monnieri;    Epilepsy;   

Others  :  825523
DOI  :  10.1186/1423-0127-19-25

 received in 2011-08-03, accepted in 2012-02-24,  发布年份 2012

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2012 Mathew et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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