Method of resisting neurodegenerative disorders

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ABSTRACT:
A method of resisting neurological damage caused by overstimulation of the NMDA receptor of nerve cells by glutamate includes exposing the NMDA receptors to an oxidizing agent to thereby diminish overall activity of the receptors following activation by glutamate. The oxidizing agent preferably is a material selected from the group consisting of pyrroloquinoline quinone and topa hydantoin.

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The invention described herein was made in the course of work supported in part by Public Health Service, Grant No. DAO4975 from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse. The Government has certain rights in this invention.
This is a division of application Ser. No. 568,301, filed Aug. 16, 1990, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,091,391.

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