Aging is associated with a decrease in synaptosomal glutamate uptake and an increase in the susceptibility of synaptosomal vitamin E to oxidative stress

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 121-125

  Vatassery, Govind T ^a,b   Lai, James C K ^c   Smith, W Ed ^a   Quach, Hung T ^b  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Glutamate; Oxidative stress; Synaptosomes; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; FERROUS ION; GLUTAMIC ACID; TRITIUM;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SYNAPTOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMISPHERE; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; SYNAPTOSOMES; VITAMIN E;

ANIMALIA; TRITIUM;

EID: 0031885370     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022495804817     Document Type: Article

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