Sodium nitrite alone protects the brain microsomal Ca2+-ATPase against potassium cyanide-induced neurotoxicity in rats

Bioscience Reports

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 543-546

  Odunuga, O O ^a   Adenuga, G A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Brain; Ca2+ ATPase; Microsomes; Potassium cyanide; Sodium nitrite

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (CALCIUM); ANTIDOTE; POTASSIUM CYANIDE; SODIUM NITRITE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MICROSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CALCIUM-TRANSPORTING ATPASES; MALE; MICROSOMES; POTASSIUM CYANIDE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SODIUM NITRITE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031432524     PISSN: 01448463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1027312324077     Document Type: Article

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