Prevention by lamotrigine, MK-801 and Nω-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester of motoneuron cell death after neonatal axotomy

Neuroscience

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 313-325

  Casanovas, A ^a   Ribera, J ^a   Hukkanen, M ^b   Riveros Moreno, V ^c   Esquerda, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c WELLCOME RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Calcium dependent; Glutamate; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

DIZOCILPINE; DNA FRAGMENT; EXCITOTOXIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; LAMOTRIGINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL NERVE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; CALCIUM; CELL DEATH; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; DNA; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FACIAL NERVE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE; TRIAZINES;

EID: 0030024979     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(95)00461-0     Document Type: Article

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