Neuroprotective agents in brain injury: A partial failure?

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 223-226

  Barreto, George E ^a   Gonzalez, Janneth ^a   Capani, Francisco ^b,c   Morales, Ludis ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^b University John F Kennedy   (Argentina)

^c Inst de Invest Cardiologicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

astrocytes; brain injury; clinical trials; neurons; neuroprotection

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; ESTRADIOL; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; METALLOTHIONEIN; NARATRIPTAN; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; NEUROSTEROID; NORPHENAZONE; PROGESTERONE; SERTRALINE; SIMVASTATIN; TESTOSTERONE;

BRAIN INJURY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; HUMAN; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ASTROCYTES; BRAIN INJURIES; HUMANS; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84859393557     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207454.2011.648292     Document Type: Short Survey

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