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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-4-25
pubmed:abstractText
Information obtained over the past 25 years indicates that the amino acid glutamate functions as a fast excitatory transmitter in the mammalian brain. Studies completed during the last 15 years have also demonstrated that glutamate is a powerful neurotoxin, capable of killing neurons in the central nervous system when its extracellular concentration is sufficiently high. Recent experiments in a variety of preparations have shown that either blockade of synaptic transmission or the specific antagonism of postsynaptic glutamate receptors greatly diminishes the sensitivity of central neurons to hypoxia and ischemia. These experiments suggest that glutamate plays a key role in ischemic brain damage, and that drugs which decrease the accumulation of glutamate or block its postsynaptic effects may be a rational therapy for stroke.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0364-5134
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
105-11
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:2421636-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:2421636-Baclofen, pubmed-meshheading:2421636-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:2421636-Brain Ischemia, pubmed-meshheading:2421636-Calcium Channel Blockers, pubmed-meshheading:2421636-Cats, pubmed-meshheading:2421636-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:2421636-Cerebral Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:2421636-Cortical Spreading Depression, pubmed-meshheading:2421636-Dipeptides, pubmed-meshheading:2421636-Glutamates, pubmed-meshheading:2421636-Glutamic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:2421636-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:2421636-Hypothalamic Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:2421636-Hypoxia, Brain, pubmed-meshheading:2421636-Ion Channels, pubmed-meshheading:2421636-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:2421636-Rabbits, pubmed-meshheading:2421636-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:2421636-Receptors, Glutamate, pubmed-meshheading:2421636-Receptors, Neurotransmitter, pubmed-meshheading:2421636-Retinal Degeneration, pubmed-meshheading:2421636-Synaptic Transmission
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Glutamate and the pathophysiology of hypoxic--ischemic brain damage.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't