Amelioration of functional deficits from spinal cord trauma with systemically administered NBQX, an antagonist of non-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 119-126

  Wrathall, Jean R ^a   Teng, Yang Dong ^a   Choiniere, David ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO[F]QUINOXALINE 2,3 DIONE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 0030054133     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1996.0012     Document Type: Article

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