Changes in amino acid concentrations over time and space around an impact injury and their diffusion through the rat spinal cord

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 538-544

  McAdoo, David J ^a   Xu, Guo Ying ^a   Robak, Gregory ^a   Hughes, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Diffusion; Excitotoxicity; Glutamate; Microdialysis; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROTOXIN;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIZATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 0032848944     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1999.7166     Document Type: Article

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