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ReviewCellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS2004

Molecular mechanisms of glutamate-dependent neurodegeneration in ischemia and traumatic brain injury.

M Arundine, M Tymianski

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Review in Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 254 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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254citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
31.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

254 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 648 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

M ArundineToronto Western Hospital Research Institute, Ontario, Canada.
M Tymianski
Toronto Western Hospital · CAUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF CALCIUM-DEPENDENT EXCITOTOXICITYR01NS039060 · NINDS · TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL · PI TYMIANSKI, MICHAEL · 1999 to 2001
$240k
NINDS NIH HHS NS39060
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stroke and neurotrauma mediate neuronal death through a series of events that involve multiple interdependent molecular pathways. It has been suggested that these pathways are triggered following elevations in extracellular excitatory amino acids, primarily glutamate [1]. This report outlines mechanisms involving glutamate-mediated excitotoxicity with specific focus on (i) the role of Ca(2+) in neurotoxicity, (ii) The concept of 'source specificity' of neurotoxicity, (iii) the role of the ionotropic N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-subtype glutamate receptor and its associated submembrane molecules that may give rise to signaling specificity in excitotoxicity and (iv) the role of glutamate-mediated free-radical generation and associated cell death pathways. We also highlight a novel, peptide-based approach for uncoupling NMDA receptors from excitotoxicity in the rat central nervous system subjected to focal ischemia, thereby reducing stroke infarct volume and improving neurological functioning.

Indexed as

AnimalsBrain InjuriesBrain IschemiaGlutamic AcidHumansNerve DegenerationN-MethylaspartateReceptors, GlutamateReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateGlutamic AcidN-MethylaspartateReceptors, GlutamateReceptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate

Identifiers

PMID15052409
PMCPMC11138528
OpenAlexW1976696624

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