Decrease of immunoreactive catalase protein in specific areas of ageing rat brain

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 228, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-24

  Ciriolo, Maria R ^a   Marasco, Maria R ^b   Iannone, Michelangelo ^c   Nisticò, Giuseppe ^d   Rotilio, Giuseppe ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b Medical Oncology Unit   (Italy)

^c Inst Biotechnologies Appl P   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ageing; Catalase; Immunoreactive protein; Neurodegeneration; Rat brain

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; FREE RADICAL;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATALASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0030792968     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00344-3     Document Type: Article

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