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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-5-7
pubmed:abstractText
The behavioural and electrocortical (ECoG) effects induced by a methanol extract of the skin of the Australian frog Pseudophryne coriacea, directly microinjected into several areas of the brain, were studied in freely moving rats. Administration of the P. coriacea extract (5, 10, 15 and 20 micrograms) into the dorsal hippocampus produced a dose-dependent and reversible behavioural stimulation and ECoG spikes lasting 20-140 min. Similar but less intense effects were elicited in rats receiving injections into the III cerebral ventricle, amygdala and caudate nucleus. In conclusion, the present experiments show that the skin extract of P. coriacea produces behavioural stimulation and ECoG spikes when injected into the rat brain, the most sensitive area being the hippocampus.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0041-0101
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
30
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
197-201
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Epileptogenic effects of skin extracts from the Australian frog Pseudophryne coriacea after intracerebral microinfusion in rats.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't