Human aging brain disorders: Role of antioxidant enzymes

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 885-888

  De La Torre, Ma Rosario ^a   Casado, Angela ^a   López Fernández, Ma Encarnación ^a   Carrascosa, Diana ^a   Casado, Ma Concepción ^b   Venarucci, Domenico ^c   Venarucci, Vincenzo ^c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b Centro de Salud INSALUD   (Spain)

^c INRCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer; catalase; Cu Zn superoxide dismutase; dementia; Parkinson; stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; FREE RADICAL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; CATALASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0029979860     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02532336     Document Type: Article

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