Carnitine treatment inhibits increases in cerebral carnitine esters and glutamate detected by mass spectrometry after hypoxia-ischemia in newborn rats

Stroke

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 524-530

  Wainwright, Mark S ^a,c   Kohli, Rohit ^a   Whitington, Peter F ^a   Chace, Donald H ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pediatrix Analytical   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Animals, newborn; Carnitine; Glutamate; Hypoxia ischemia, brain

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A; ACYLCARNITINE; CARDIOLIPIN; CARNITINE; CARNITINE ACYLTRANSFERASE; CARNITINE ESTER; COENZYME A; ESTER; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANION; CARNITINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHOLIPID; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROPROTECTION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; ANOXIA; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MITOCHONDRION; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIONS; ANOXIA; BRAIN; CARDIOLIPINS; CARNITINE; CARNITINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMATES; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPID METABOLISM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MITOCHONDRIA; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDES; TIME FACTORS; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 33644849567     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000198892.15269.f7     Document Type: Article

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