Articles by author - Reginald Sequeira

Veratridine induced absence like-seizure in the freely moving rats: a study correlating the behavioural findings with the electrophysiological activities.

Otoom S, Sequeira R.

Journal Article 2011; 32(4): 487-490 PubMed PMID: 21876485  Keywords:  Animals, Behavior, Animal:drug effects, Disease Models, Animal, Electroencephalography, Epilepsy, Absence:chemically induced, Grooming:drug effects, Male, Mastication:drug effects, Motor Activity:physiology, Rats, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Veratridine:toxicit.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: Veratridine was characterized previously as an experimental model of epilepsy in vitro. The aim of this preliminary investigat.....

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Prolonged use of phenytoin, carbamazepine or valproate monotherapy on plasma levels of folate and B(12): a comparison between epileptic patients with or without cardiovascular disorders.

Otoom S, Bakhiet M, Khan A, Sequeira R.

Comparative Study 2006; 27(1-2): 85-88 PubMed PMID: 16648782  Keywords:  Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Anticonvulsants:adverse effects, Carbamazepine:adverse effects, Cardiovascular Diseases:blood, Epilepsy:blood, Female, Folic Acid:blood, Humans, Immunoassay, Luminescence, Male, Middle Aged, Phenytoin:adverse effects, Valproic Aci.    Citation

PURPOSE: Previous studies showed an association between the blood levels of folate and vitamin B(12) and the risk for cardiovascular disea.....

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