Cholesterol: A two-edged sword in brain aging

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 455-462

  Joseph, J A ^a,c   Villalobos Molinas, R ^b   Denisova, N A ^a   Erat, S ^a   Strain, J ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Antioxidant; Cholesterol; Dopamine release; Free radical; Striatum

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CARBACHOL; CHOLESTEROL; DOPAMINE; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; OXOTREMORINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN PROTECTION; BRAIN TISSUE; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DOPAMINE RELEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CARBACHOL; CHOLESTEROL; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE; DRUG SYNERGISM; GLUTATHIONE; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POTASSIUM; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

EID: 0031024595     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(96)00376-0     Document Type: Article

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