Neuroprotective effects of pterin-6-aldehyde in gerbil global brain ischemia: Comparison with those of α-phenyl-N-tert-butyl nitrone

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 241, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 99-102

  Mori, Hiroko ^a   Arai, Toshiyuki ^a   Ishii, Hisanari ^a   Adachi, Takehiko ^a   Endo, Nobuyuki ^b   Makino, Keisuke ^b   Mori, Kenjiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Phenyl N tert butyl nitrone; Delayed neuronal death; Gerbil global brain ischemia; Neutrophil phorbol myristate acetate reaction system; Pterin 6 aldehyde; Spin trapping agent; Superoxide; Xanthine oxidase inhibitor

Indexed keywords

N TERT BUTYL ALPHA PHENYLNITRONE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; PTERIN 6 ALDEHYDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; GERBIL; NERVE CELL LESION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIN TRAPPING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GERBILLINAE; MALE; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PTERIDINES; PTERINS; SPIN LABELS; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

EID: 0032579494     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00010-X     Document Type: Article

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