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Abstract
Drugs intended to prevent damage to the brain or spinal cord from ischemia, stroke, convulsions, or trauma. Some must be administered before the event, but others may be effective for some time after. They act by a variety of mechanisms, but often directly or indirectly minimize the damage produced by endogenous excitatory amino acids.
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- Neuroprotectant
- Neuroprotectants
- Neuroprotective Agent
- Neuroprotective Drug
- Neuroprotective Drugs
- Agent, Neuroprotective
- Agents, Neuroprotective
- Drug, Neuroprotective
- Drugs, Neuroprotective
- Neuroprotective Effect
- Neuroprotective Effects
- Neurotrophic Agents
- Neurotrophic Drugs
- Effect, Neuroprotective
- Effects, Neuroprotective
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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note entry term NEUROPROTECTIVE EFFECT: use only for the neuroprotective effect of a chemical substance
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Neuroprotective Agents. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018696. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018696
- Neuroprotective Agents. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50377190