Kynurenine hydroxylase inhibitors reduce ischemic brain damage: Studies with (m-nitrobenzoyl)-alanine (mNBA) and 3,4-dimethoxy-[-N-4- (nitrophenyl)thiazol-2YL]-benzenesulfonamide (Ro 61-8048) in models of focal or global brain ischemia

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 771-777

  Cozzi, A ^a   Carpenedo, R ^a   Moroni, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

(m Nitrobenzoyl) alanine; Brain ischemia; Kynurenic acid; Kynurenine; N methyl D aspartate; Quinolinic acid

Indexed keywords

(3 NITROBENZOYL)ALANINE; 3,4 DIMETHOXY N [4 (3 NITROPHENYL) 2 THIAZOLYL]BENZENESULFONAMIDE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; KYNURENIC ACID; KYNURENINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; KYNURENINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CELL DAMAGE; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS MEMBRANE; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GERBIL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MODEL; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

EID: 0033502043     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004647-199907000-00007     Document Type: Article

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