Agmatine protects against cell damage induced by NMDA and glutamate in cultured hippocampal neurons

Brain Research

Volumn 1084, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 210-216

  Wang, Wei Ping ^a,b   Iyo, Abiye H ^a   Miguel Hidalgo, Javier ^a   Regunathan, Soundar ^a   Zhu, Meng Yang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agmatine; Apoptosis; Glutamate; Hippocampus; Lactate dehydrogenase; NMDA

Indexed keywords

AGMATINE; ARCAINE; BETA TUBULIN; DIZOCILPINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GUANIDINE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; POLYAMINE; PUTRESCINE; SPERMINE;

ADDITION REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME RELEASE; EXCITOTOXICITY; EXPOSURE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL LESION; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33646395679     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.02.024     Document Type: Article

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