Role of NMDA and non-NMDA ionotropic glutamate receptors in traumatic spinal cord axonal injury

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1055-1063

  Agrawal, Sandeep K ^a   Fehlings, Michael G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

AMPA kainate; axons; calcium; cobalt; glia; immunocytochemistry; NMDA; rat; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; AMPA RECEPTOR; COBALT; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; KAINIC ACID; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RINGER SOLUTION;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIA; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0031020308     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-03-01055.1997     Document Type: Article

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