strychnine and AIDS-Dementia-Complex

strychnine has been researched along with AIDS-Dementia-Complex* in 1 studies

Reviews

1 review(s) available for strychnine and AIDS-Dementia-Complex

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Chronic administration of a partial agonist at strychnine-insensitive glycine receptors: a novel experimental approach to the treatment of ischemias.
    Journal of neural transmission. Supplementum, 1997, Volume: 49

    During the past decade, converging lines of evidence have linked the abnormal release or leak of excitatory amino acids to the neurodegeneration associated with a wide range of pathologies including cerebral ischemias, Huntington's disease, and AIDS dementia (Coyle and Robinson, 1987; Lipton, 1994; Meldrum, 1994). Pharmacological studies indicate that activation of both ionotropic and metabotropic glutamate receptors can substantially contribute to excitotoxic cell damage (Choi, 1992; Pizzi et al., 1993; Sheardown et al., 1993; Xue et al., 1994). Based on these findings, therapeutic strategies based on blunting or blocking glutamatergic transmission may be useful in treating a variety of neurodegenerative disorders.

    Topics: AIDS Dementia Complex; Amino Acids; Amino Acids, Cyclic; Animals; Brain Ischemia; Humans; Huntington Disease; Nerve Degeneration; Neurons; Neuroprotective Agents; Receptors, Glycine; Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; Strychnine

1997