Neuroprotection by lamotrigine in a rat model of neonatal hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 321-329

  Papazisis, Georgios ^a   Kallaras, Konstantinos ^a   Kaiki Astara, Anastasia ^a   Pourzitaki, Chrysa ^a   Tzachanis, Dimitrios ^a,b   Dagklis, Themistoklis ^a   Kouvelas, Dimitrios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Hypoxia ischaemia; Lamotrigine; Neonatal rat; Neuroprotection

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; LAMOTRIGINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NEUROPROTECTION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TISSUE LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; MALE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS; TRIAZINES;

EID: 41649091371     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: 14695111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1461145707008012     Document Type: Article

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