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Table 1 Effects of Pu-Erh tea leaf extract and GABA on the predominant behavior patterns/maximal seizure class (MSC) and 10-h mortality rate of the mice with 5-hour KA-induced SE

From: Pu-Erh tea and GABA attenuates oxidative stress in kainic acid-induced status epilepticus

Variables

V-10

PETL-10

p- value

GABA-1

p- value

 

n (%)

n (%)

 

n (%)

 

Mortality

0 (0)

0 (0)

0.000a

0 (0)

0.000a

Behavior Pattern/MSC

     

I/class 1-2

0 (0)

0 (0)

0.000b

0 (0)

0.000b

M/class 3

2 (17)

10 (83)

0.000c

12 (100)

0.000c

C/class 4-6

10 (83)

2 (17)

 

0 (0)

 
  1. aFisher's exact test.
  2. bPearson's chi-square test: all seizure classes taken together.
  3. cKendall's tau-c: all seizure classes taken together.
  4. I: Initial (class 1-2). M: middle (class 3). C: critical.
  5. PETL-10: Pu-Erh Leaf extract, 10 mg/kg.
  6. GABA-1: gamma-aminobutyric acid, 1 mg/kg.
  7. V-10: vehicle control, with normal saline.
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Journal of Biomedical Science

ISSN: 1423-0127