Attenuating 5α-Pregnane-3α-Ol-20-One Formation in the Hippocampus of Female Rats Increases Pentylenetetrazole-Induced Seizures

February 2005 in “ Epilepsy & Behavior ”

Madeline E. Rhodes, Cheryl A. Frye

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