Reproducible peracute glutamate-induced focal lesions of the normal rat brain using microdialysis

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 193-202

  Landolt, Hans ^a,b   Fujisawa, Hiro ^a   Graham, David I ^a   Maxwell, William L ^a   Bullock, Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Excitotoxicity; Focal lesion; Glutamate; Microdialysis; Rat

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004436885     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-5868(98)90037-6     Document Type: Article

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