Different effects of postnatal caffeine treatment on two pentylenetetrazole-induced seizure models persist into adulthood.
Journal Title: Pharmacological Reports - Year 2013, Vol 65, Issue 4
Abstract
Postnatal treatment with caffeine from P7 to P11 (10 or 20 mg/kg daily) resulted in transient changes in two pentylenetetrazole (PTZ)-induced models of epileptic seizures characterized by spike-and-wave EEG rhythm in immature rats. To know if some changes persist into adulthood we studied these models in young adult Wistar rats.
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Jana Tchekalarova, Hana Kubová, Pavel Mareš
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