Method and composition for protecting neuronal tissue from damage induced by elevated glutamate levels

摘要

The present invention concerns a glutamate modifying transaminase for use in the treatment of a medical condition selected from the group consisting of brain anoxia, brain ischemia, stroke, perinatal brain damage, traumatic brain injury, bacterial meningitis, subarachnoid haemorhage, migraine, stress, hemorrhagic shock, epilepsy, acute liver failure, glaucoma, HIV, dementia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), spastic conditions, open heart surgery, aneurism surgery, coronary artery bypass grafting and Alzheimer's disease.