Possible mechanisms limiting N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor overactivation and the therapeutic efficacy of N-methyl-D-aspartate antagonists - PubMed (original) (raw)

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. 1990 Nov;21(11 Suppl):III20-2.

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Possible mechanisms limiting N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor overactivation and the therapeutic efficacy of N-methyl-D-aspartate antagonists

D W Choi. Stroke. 1990 Nov.

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Cytotoxic overactivation of neuronal N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors is postulated to contribute to the pathogenesis of neuronal loss in hypoxia-ischemia. However, several events associated with hypoxia-ischemia may limit N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor-mediated injury. Perhaps the most important of these events is the development of extracellular acidosis. These limiting events may help explain why N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors contribute to injury more in focal ischemia or hypoxia in vitro than in global ischemia.

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