| Literature DB >> 11489449 |
V L Rao1, A Dogan, K G Todd, K K Bowen, R J Dempsey.
Abstract
This study investigated whether memantine, a non-competitive NMDA receptor antagonist is neuroprotective after traumatic brain injury (TBI) induced in adult rats with a controlled cortical impact device. TBI led to significant neuronal death in the hippocampal CA2 and CA3 regions (by 50 and 59%, respectively), by 7 days after the injury. Treatment of rats with memantine (10 and 20 mg/Kg, i.p.) immediately after the injury significantly prevented the neuronal loss in both CA2 and CA3 regions. This is the first study showing the neuroprotective potential of memantine to prevent the TBI-induced neuronal damage.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11489449 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(01)02617-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Brain Res ISSN: 0006-8993 Impact factor: 3.252