Neurochemical Aspects of Excitotoxicity

Preface.- Acknowledgments.- Glutamate and Aspartate in Brain.- Excitatory Amino Acid Receptors in Brain.- Multiplicity of Glutamate Receptors in Brain.- Glutamate Transporters and their Role in Brain.- Excitatory Amino Acid Receptors and their Association with Neural Membrane Glycerophospholipid Metabolism.- Glutamate Receptors and their Association with Other Neurochemical Parameters in Excitotoxicity.- Possible Mechanisms of Neural Injury Caused by Glutamate and its Receptors.- Glutamate Receptors and Neurological Disorders.- Endogenous Antioxidant Mechanisms and Glutamate Neurotoxicity.- Glutamate Receptor Antagonists and the Treatment of Neurological Disorders.- Future Perspectives: New Strategies for Antagonism of Excitotoxicity, Oxidative Stress and Neuroinflammation in Neurodegenerative Diseases.- Index.