Topiramate protects against motor neuron degeneration in organotypic spinal cord cultures but not in G93A SOD1 transgenic mice

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 338, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 107-110

  Maragakis, Nicholas J ^a   Jackson, Mandy ^a   Ganel, Raquelli ^a   Rothstein, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Excitotoxicity; Glutamate; Motor neuron; Topiramate

Indexed keywords

1 (4 AMINOPHENYL) 4 METHYL 7,8 METHYLENEDIOXY 5H 2,3 BENZODIAZEPINE; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; AMPA RECEPTOR; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CELECOXIB; GABAPENTIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GYLI 52466; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; RILUZOLE; TOPIRAMATE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CELL LOSS; CELL SECRETION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0037468293     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)01386-1     Document Type: Review

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