Glutamate release inhibitors: A critical assessment of their action mechanism

Amino Acids

Volumn 14, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 143-150

  Obrenovitch, T P ^a,c   Urenjak, J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Excitotoxicity; Exocytosis; Glutamate release; Lamotrigine; Neuroprotection; Riluzole

Indexed keywords

2,4 DIAMINO 5 (2,3,5 TRICHLOROPHENYL)PYRIMIDINE; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; LAMOTRIGINE; RILUZOLE; SIPATRIGINE; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PROTECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOCYTOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031975381     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01345255     Document Type: Conference Paper

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