The glutamate AMPA receptor antagonist, YM872, attenuates regional cerebral edema and IgG immunoreactivity following experimental brain injury in rats

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplementum

Volumn , Issue 86, 2003, Pages 305-307

  Hoshino, S ^a   Atsumi, T ^a   Furukawa, T ^a   Kobayashi, S ^b   Asakura, T ^a   Takahashi, M ^c   Yamamoto, Y ^a   Teramoto, A ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL CHIBA HOKUSOH HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Inst for Drug Discovery Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ampa receptor antagonist; Blood brain barrier; Brain edema; Glutamate; Traumatic brain injury; YM872

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950420036     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-0651-8_66     Document Type: Article

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