Memantine reduces functional and morphological consequences induced by global ischemia in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-44

  Block, F ^a,c   Schwarz, M ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^c Department of Neurology ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Global ischemia; Memantine; Rat; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

MEMANTINE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029873812     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12545-3     Document Type: Article

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