Neuroprotective effects of riluzole: An electrophysiological and histological analysis in an in vitro model of ischemia

Synapse

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 147-152

  Siniscalchi, Antonio ^a   Zona, Cristina ^a   Sancesario, Giuseppe ^a   D'Angelo, Enza ^a   Zeng, Yong Chun ^a   Mercuri, Nicola B ^a,b   Bernardi, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b Ist Ricovero/Cura Carattere SSL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Field potential; Glucose and O2 deprivation; Neuronal death; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; OXYGEN; RILUZOLE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN SLICE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SODIUM TRANSPORT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FRONTAL LOBE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OXYGEN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RILUZOLE; TIME FACTORS; TRYPAN BLUE;

EID: 0033151391     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2396(19990601)32:3<147::AID-SYN1>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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