Superoxide Dismutase Activity, Oxidative Damage, and Mitochondrial Energy Metabolism in Familial and Sporadic Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 2322-2325

  Bowling, Allen C ^a   Schulz, Jorg B ^a   Brown, Robert H ^a   Beal, M Flint ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Free radicals; Neurodegeneration; Oxidative damage; Oxidative phosphorylation.; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL ENERGY TRANSFER; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MITOCHONDRIA; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027359334     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1993.tb07478.x     Document Type: Article

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