Effect of estrogens on blood glutamate levels in relation to neurological outcome after TBI in male rats

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 137-144

  Zlotnik, Alexander ^a   Leibowitz, Akiva ^a   Gurevich, Boris ^a   Ohayon, Sharon ^a   Boyko, Matthew ^a   Klein, Moti ^a   Knyazer, Boris ^a   Shapira, Yoram ^a   Teichberg, Vivian I ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blood glutamate; Estrogen; Neuroprotection; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN THERAPY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL SEVERITY SCORE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RAT; SHAM PROCEDURE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BRAIN INJURY; DOSE RESPONSE; METABOLISM; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTROGENS; ESTROGENS, CONJUGATED (USP); GLUTAMATES; MALE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84859905919     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-011-2401-3     Document Type: Article

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