Nahida Tabassum

Bromocriptine Mesylate Protects against Status Epilepticus and Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: Neurobehavioral, Histopathological and Neurochemical Evidences

Faheem Hyder Pottoo, Nahida Tabassum & Mohammad Maqbool Darziv · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2016

Background: Dopamine (DA) plays a major role in the control of epileptic seizures arising in the limbic system, through D1/D2 receptor-mediated signaling. Objective: The study was intended to investigate whether bromocriptine mesylate (BRC), a dopamine (D2) receptor agonist, has...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2016/24401

Molecular Insights into the Role of Inflammation and Oxidative Stress in Epilepsy

Shah Nigar, Faheem Hyder Pottoo, Nahida Tabassum, Santosh Kumar Verma & Md. Noushad Javed · Journal of Advances in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences · 2016

Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disorder manifested as unpredictable, unprovoked recurrent seizures that affect a variety of mental and physical functions. Despite the use of current anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) about 30% of patients remain refractory, while 30-40% have associa...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JAMPS/2016/24441