Relationship between Excitatory Amino Acid Release and Outcome after Severe Human Head Injury

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplement

Volumn 1998, Issue SUPPL. 71, 1998, Pages 244-246

  Koura, S S ^a   Doppenberg, E M R ^a   Marmarou, Anthony ^a   Choi, S ^a   Young, H F ^a   Bullock, R ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Excitatory amino acid; Head injury; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; CHRONIC BRAIN DISEASE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INJURY; METABOLISM; MICRODIALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RAT;

ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EXCITATORY AMINO ACIDS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; MICRODIALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; RATS;

EID: 0032246608     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-6475-4_70     Document Type: Article

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