Creatine increases survival and suppresses seizures in the hypoxic immature rat

Pediatric Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 410-414

  Holtzman, David ^a,b   Togliatti, Anthony ^a   Khait, Igor ^a   Jensen, Frances ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CREATINE; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; NUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORUS NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 0031817178     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199809000-00024     Document Type: Article

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