Pharmacologic Substance
neuroprotectant
Subclass of:
Central Nervous System Agents; Protective Agents
Definitions related to neuroprotective agents:
  • (neuroprotectant) Agents which prevent excitotoxicity or other deleterious influences in the nervous system, either physiologically or when administered before or shortly after an insult.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • A pharmacological agent that protects the central nervous system from damage caused by acute ischemia or chronic neurodegenerative diseases.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • 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.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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