α-Lipoic acid protects against reperfusion injury following cerebral ischemia in rats

Brain Research

Volumn 717, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 184-188

  Panigrahi, Manas ^a   Sadguna, Yarasi ^a   Shivakumar, Bangalore R ^a   Kolluri, Sastry V R ^a   Roy, Sashwati ^b   Packer, Lester ^b   Ravindranath, Vijayalakshmi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

brain; cerebral ischemia; glutathione; oxidative stress; reperfusion; lipoic acid

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DERIVATIVE; GLUTATHIONE ISOPROPYL ESTER; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; THIOCTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029930501     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00009-1     Document Type: Article

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