Increased mitochondrial superoxide dismutase activity in Parkinson's disease but not amyotrophic lateral sclerosis motor cortex

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 239, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 105-108

  Radunović, Aleksandar ^a   Porto, Weyler G ^a   Zeman, Sophie ^a   Leigh, P Nigel ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Motor cortex; Oxidative stress; Parkinson's disease; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CYTOSOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIA; MOTOR CORTEX; PARKINSON DISEASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 0031578774     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00905-1     Document Type: Article

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