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Protection provided by cyclosporin A against excitotoxic neuronal death is genotype dependent.
Epilepsia - 1 Aug 2003
Santos Julia Belen, Schauwecker Paula Elyse
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PURPOSE: Previous studies have shown that the immunosuppressant cyclosporin A (CsA), a specific blocker of the mitochondrial permeability transition (MPT) pore, can dramatically ameliorate the selective neuronal necrosis resulting from ischemia-reperfusion, traumatic brain injury, and N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA)-evoked neurotoxicity. The purpose of this study was to determine whether two different...
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