The role of excitotoxicity in secondary mechanisms of spinal cord injury: A review with an emphasis on the implications for white matter degeneration

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 754-774

  Park, Eugene ^a,b   Velumian, Alexander A ^a,b   Fehlings, Michael G ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Excitotoxicity; Glutamate receptor; Spinal cord injury; White matter injury

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; FREE RADICAL; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CYTOSKELETON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TARGET CELL; WHITE MATTER;

APOPTOSIS; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FREE RADICALS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RETROGRADE DEGENERATION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 3042816808     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/0897715041269641     Document Type: Review

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