Influences of the circadian clock on neuronal susceptibility to excitotoxicity

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 4 NOV, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Karmarkar, Sumedha W ^a   Tischkau, Shelley A ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Excitotoxicity; MAPK; Neurodegeneration; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; VERAPAMIL;

BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONOPHARMACOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXCITOTOXICITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 84889641820     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2013.00313     Document Type: Review

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