Partial neuroprotection of in vivo excitotoxic brain damage by chronic administration of the red wine antioxidant agent, trans-resveratrol in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 281, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 123-126

  Virgili, Marco ^a   Contestabile, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Excitotoxicity; Free radicals; Neuroprotection

Indexed keywords

EXCITOTOXIN; KAINIC ACID; RESVERATROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WINE;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; KAINIC ACID; MALE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STILBENES; WINE;

EID: 0033993607     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)00820-X     Document Type: Article

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