Antagonizing Excitotoxicity: A Therapeutic Strategy for Stroke?

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 133-138

  Choi, Dennis ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Glutamate; Hypoxia; Ischemia; Neurotoxicity

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ANOXIA; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL DEATH; CHRONIC BRAIN DISEASE; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL DEATH; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE;

EID: 0032011171     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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