Repin-induced neurotoxicity in rodents

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 129-136

  Robles, Mario ^a   Choi, Ben H ^a   Han, Bora ^a   Cruz, Karen Santa ^a   Kim, Ronald C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Glutathione; Neurotoxicity; Oxidative stress; Parkinson's disease; Repin; Rodents; Russian Knapweed; Sesquiterpene lactone

Indexed keywords

EPOXIDE; GLUTATHIONE; REPIN; SESQUITERPENE LACTONE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATION; DOPAMINE RELEASE; INTOXICATION; MICRODIALYSIS; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NIGRONEOSTRIATAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031819474     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1998.6826     Document Type: Article

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