Methods for studying the glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity in brain areas

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 357-363

  Ninfali, Paolino ^a   Aluigi, Gianfranca ^a   Pompella, Alfonso ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain area; Cytochemical assay; Electrophoretic pattern; Glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase; Spectrophotometric assay

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; OXIDIZING AGENT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; REDUCING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ELECTROPHORESIS; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; ISOENZYMES; NEUROLOGY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031251791     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-299X(97)00011-1     Document Type: Article

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