Keyword: periventricular leukomalacia


Endocannabinoids potently protect the newborn brain against AMPA-kainate receptor-mediated excitotoxic damage

Brain lesions induced in newborn mice or rats by the glutamatergic agonists ibotenate (acting on NMDA and metabotropic receptors) or S-bromowillardiine (acting on AMPA-kainate receptors) mimic some aspects of white…