Inhibition of excitatory neurotransmission with kynurenate reduces brain edema in neonatal anoxia

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1986, Pages 361-364

  Simon, Roger P ^a   Young, Richard S K ^b   Stout, Steven ^a   Cheng, Julie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain edema; Cerebral palsy; Excitotoxin; Ischemia; Levine model; Neonatal anoxia

Indexed keywords

KYNURENIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BRAIN EDEMA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG THERAPY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HYPOXIA; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THERAPY;

ANIMAL; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; GLUTAMATES; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; KYNURENIC ACID; RATS;

EID: 0023039309     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(86)90648-8     Document Type: Article

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