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Neuroprotective Agents

Neuroprotective Agents is a class of pharmacological compounds that belong to the broader category of therapeutic agents used in neurodegenerative disease pharmacology, distinguished by their ability to slow, halt, or reverse neuronal damage and loss through mechanisms that mitigate neurotoxic, inflammatory, excitotoxic, or oxidative insults to the central nervous system.

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A Controlled Trial of Selegiline, Alpha-Tocopherol, or Both as Treatment for Alzheimer's Disease

Mary Sano, Christopher Ernesto, Ronald G. Thomas et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1997 · 2.4K citations · Full text

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β-Lactam antibiotics offer neuroprotection by increasing glutamate transporter expression

Jeffrey D. Rothstein, Sarjubhai A. Patel, Melissa R. Regan et al. · Nature · 2005 · 1.5K citations

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Pathological Changes Induced in Cerebrocortical Neurons by Phencyclidine and Related Drugs

John W. Olney, Joann Labruyere, Madelon T. Price · Science · 1989 · 1.3K citations

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Blockade of Microglial Activation Is Neuroprotective in the 1-Methyl-4-Phenyl-1,2,3,6-Tetrahydropyridine Mouse Model of Parkinson Disease

Du Chu Wu, Vernice Jackson‐Lewis, Miquel Vila et al. · Journal of Neuroscience · 2002 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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Neuroprotective effects of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in rodent and primate models of Alzheimer's disease

Alan H. Nagahara, David A. Merrill, Giovanni Coppola et al. · Nature Medicine · 2009 · 1K citations · Full text

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  1. MB
    Moussa B. H. Youdim

    Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

    69 publications · 6.9K citations

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  2. MG
    Manuela G. López

    Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain

    39 publications · 2.6K citations

    29

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  3. AK
    Anil Kumar

    Panjab University, India

    34 publications · 1.9K citations

    28

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  4. TA
    Tamar Amit

    Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

    34 publications · 3.4K citations

    27

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  5. JM
    José Marco‐Contelles

    Instituto de Química Orgánica General, Spain

    43 publications · 1.8K citations

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Institutions

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  1. Inserm

    Paris, France

    54 h-index

    600 publications

    40.9K citations

  2. Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, Spain

    53 h-index

    431 publications

    28.8K citations

  3. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    52 h-index

    333 publications

    35.9K citations

  4. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    51 h-index

    422 publications

    45.2K citations

  5. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    49 h-index

    346 publications

    35.2K citations

  6. Kyung Hee University

    Seoul, South Korea

    49 h-index

    559 publications

    29.5K citations

  7. Seoul National University

    Seoul, South Korea

    47 h-index

    351 publications

    19.1K citations

  8. Johns Hopkins Medicine

    Baltimore, United States

    47 h-index

    318 publications

    27.7K citations

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  1. Journal of Neurochemistry

    JNC · 252 publications · 21.5K citations

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  2. Stroke

    137 publications · 12.8K citations

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  3. Journal of Neuroscience

    97 publications · 17.2K citations

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  4. Brain Research

    249 publications · 15.5K citations

    72

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  5. PLoS ONE

    219 publications · 12K citations

    65

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