Nitric Oxide Synthase Inhibition Prevents Acute Quinolinate-Induced Striatal Neurotoxicity
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- 1 October 1998
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Neurochemical Research
- Vol. 23 (10) , 1297-1302
Abstract
Quinolinic acid (QUIN) is an endogenous excitotoxin acting on N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors, that leads to neurotoxic damage resembling the alterations observed in Huntington's disease. Two...Keywords
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