Glutamate and taurine are increased in ventricular cerebrospinal fluid of severely brain-injured patients

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 135-142

  Stover, John F ^a   Morganti Kossmann, Maria C ^a   Lenzlinger, Philipp M ^a   Stocker, Reto ^a   Kempski, Oliver S ^b   Kossmann, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Inst Neurosurgical Pathophysiology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain edema; Cell swelling; Cerebrospinal fluid; Contusion; Glutamate; Taurine; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; TAURINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURY; CELL SWELLING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

EID: 0032913044     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.1999.16.135     Document Type: Article

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