The effects of PBN (phenyl-butyl-nitrone) on GLT-1 levels and on the extracellular levels of amino acids and energy metabolites in a model of iron-induced posttraumatic epilepsy

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 56, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 165-173

  Samuelsson, Carolina ^a   Kumlien, Eva ^a   Elfving, Åse ^b   Lindholm, Dan ^a   Ronne Engström, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Epilepsy; Glutamate uptake; Iron; Nitrones; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; CITRULLINE; FREE RADICAL; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; IRON; N TERT BUTYL ALPHA PHENYLNITRONE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SCAVENGER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; METABOLITE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT;

EID: 0345258453     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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