Vitamin C Neuroprotection Against Dose-Dependent Glutamate-Induced Neurodegeneration in the Postnatal Brain

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 875-884

  Shah, Shahid Ali ^a   Yoon, Gwang Ho ^a   Kim, Hyun Ok ^b   Kim, Myeong Ok ^a  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^b Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

AMPK; Excitotoxicity; Glutamate; Neuroprotection; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; BRAIN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASCORBIC ACID; BRAIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84939957292     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: 15736903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-015-1540-2     Document Type: Article

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