TY - JOUR AU - Shu, Shu AU - Pei, Lei AU - Lu, Youming PY - 2014 DA - 2014/07/23 TI - Promising targets of cell death signaling of NR2B receptor subunit in stroke pathogenesis JO - Regenerative Medicine Research SP - 8 VL - 2 IS - 1 AB - Stroke is an acute cerebrovascular disease caused by acute brain artery bursting or cerebral embolism that leads to neuronal death and severe dysfunction of synaptic transmission. Neuronal damage after stroke remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide and affects 795 000 of lives every year in United States. However, effective treatments remain lacking, which makes the identification of new therapeutic targets a matter of great importance. SN - 2050-490X UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/2050-490X-2-8 DO - 10.1186/2050-490X-2-8 ID - Shu2014 ER -