White matter vulnerability to ischemic injury increases with age because of enhanced excitotoxicity

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1479-1489

  Baltan, Selva ^a   Besancon, Elaine F ^b   Mbow, Brianna ^a   Ye, ZuCheng ^a   Hamner, Margaret A ^a   Ransom, Bruce R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

AMPA kainate receptors; Axon; Glutamate; Glutamate transporter; NMDA receptors; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; CALCIUM ION; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; SODIUM ION;

AGING; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXCITOTOXICITY; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STROKE; WHITE MATTER;

AGING; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGENTS; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MICE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; OPTIC NEUROPATHY, ISCHEMIC;

EID: 38949103746     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5137-07.2008     Document Type: Article

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