Preventive effect of melatonin against cyanide-induced seizures and lipid peroxidation in mice

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 89-92

  Yamamoto, Hiro Aki ^a   Tang, Hai Wang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyanide; Lipid peroxidation; Melatonin; Mice; MK 801; Seizures

Indexed keywords

DIZOCILPINE; FREE RADICAL; MELATONIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; POTASSIUM CYANIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0029968360     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12493-9     Document Type: Article

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