Decreased absolute levels of ascorbic acid and unaltered vasoactive intestinal polypeptide receptor binding in the frontal cortex in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 224, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 119-122

  Everall, Ian P ^a   Hudson, Lance ^a   Kerwin, Robert W ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ascorbic acid; human immunodeficiency virus associated neuronal loss; vasoactive intestinal polypeptide

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ASCORBIC ACID; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHILD; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 0031000657     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)13473-5     Document Type: Article

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