Metyrapone alleviates ischemic neuronal damage in the gerbil hippocampus

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 373, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 147-152

  Adachi, Naoto ^a   Chen, Junfeng ^a   Liu, Keyue ^a   Nagaro, Takumi ^a   Arai, Tatsuru ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

(Gerbil); Ca2+; Cerebral ischemia; Glucocorticoid; Glutamate; Hippocampus; Metyrapone

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; GLUTAMIC ACID; METYRAPONE; OXYGENASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN SLICE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; GERBIL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICRODIALYSIS; MICROFLUOROMETRY; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; CALCIUM; CYTOPHOTOMETRY; GERBILLINAE; GLUTAMATES; GLYCINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; METYRAPONE; NEURONS; PROSENCEPHALON;

EID: 0033029222     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(99)00294-0     Document Type: Article

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