eight-day-old mice were given by gavage glutamate and aspartate mixtures providing each amino acid at 125 , 250 or 500 mg/kg body weight ( 250 , 500 and 1000 mg total dicarboxylic amino acids/kg ) and the degree and extent of neuronal necrosis were determined .
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amino acid
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dicarboxylic amino acids