Excitotoxicity in Neurological Diseases
Subtitle: New Therapeutic Challenge
Contributors: Carlo Ferrarese (Editor); M. Flint Beal (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: December 31, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9781402076800
Subjects: Neurosciences; Neurology - General; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Neuroscience; Treatment; Medical / Neuroscience; Diseases; Degeneration; Nervous system; Neurotoxic agents
First sentence: Excitotoxicity refers to neuronal death caused by activation of excitatory amino acid receptors.