Melatonin increases gene expression for antioxidant enzymes in rat brain cortex

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 83-89

  Kotler, Mónica ^a,b   Rodríguez, Carmen ^a   Sáinz, Rosa M ^a   Antolín, Isaac ^a   Menéndez Peláez, Armando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Brain cortex; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN PROTECTION; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PINEAL BODY; RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALE; MELATONIN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031967974     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.1998.tb00371.x     Document Type: Article

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