Browsing by Author "Tuemer, Cemil"

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Antiepileptic effects of ghrelin on pentylenetetrazole-induced seizures in rats

Obay, Basra Deniz; Tasdemir, Ezel; Tuemer, Cemil; Bilgin, Hakki Murat; Sermet, Abdurrahman (Elsevier Science Inc, 2007)

It is well known that neuropeptide Y (NPY) and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) exert antiepileptic effects in animal models. It has recently been shown that ghrelin neurons increase the activities of GABA and NPY in the ...
Dose dependent effects of ghrelin on pentylenetetrazole-induced oxidative stress in a rat seizure model

Obay, Basra Deniz; Tasdemir, Ezel; Tuemer, Cemil; Bilgin, Hakki Murat; Atmaca, Mukadder (Elsevier Science Inc, 2008)

It has been suggested that free oxygen radicals play a role in the genesis of epilepsy and in post-seizure neuronal death. The aim of this study was to investigate the dose dependent effect of ghrelin on pentylenetetrazole ...