Nitrone-based free radical traps as neuroprotective agents in cerebral ischaemia and other pathologies

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn , Issue 40, 1996, Pages 299-317

  Hensley, Kenneth ^a   Carney, John M ^b   Stewart, Charles A ^a   Tabatabaie, Tahereh ^a,b   Pye, Quentin ^a,b   Floyd, Robert A ^a,b  

^a OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b EVOTEC AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; NITROGEN OXIDE; NITRONES;

ANIMAL; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SPIN TRAPPING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NITROGEN OXIDES; SPIN TRAPPING;

EID: 33845218951     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7742(08)60725-4     Document Type: Article

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