Brain injury after neonatal hypoxia-ischemia in rats: A role of cysteine?

Brain Research

Volumn 797, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 328-332

  Puka Sundvall, M ^a   Sandberg, M ^a   Hagberg, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cysteine; Excitatory amino acid; Hypoxia ischemia; Neonate; Neurotoxicity; Sulfur containing amino acid

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN SLICE; CAROTID ARTERY LIGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; MICRODIALYSIS; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CYSTEINE; FEMALE; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SULFUR;

EID: 0032578045     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00415-6     Document Type: Article

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