Novel glycine(B) antagonists show neuroprotective activity in vivo

Amino Acids

Volumn 14, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 223-226

  Wenk, G L ^a,d   Baker, L M ^a   Hauss Wegrzyniak, B ^a   Danysz, W ^b   Stoehr, J D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b MERZ PHARMACEUTICALS GMBH   (Germany)

^c MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Basal forebrain; Glycine; Neuroprotection; Neurotoxicity

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MRZ 2 570; NERAMEXANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOREBRAIN; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; LONG EVANS RAT; METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GLYCINE; MALE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 0031593886     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01345266     Document Type: Conference Paper

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