Antioxidant protection of cerebellar β-adrenergic receptor function in aged F344 rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 250, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 165-168

  Gould, Thomas J ^a   Chadman, Kathy ^b   Bickford, Paula C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cerebellum; Free radicals; Norepinephrine; Purkinje cells; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDRO 3,3 DIMETHYLISOQUINOLINE N OXIDE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; FREE RADICAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIN TRAPPING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CEREBELLUM; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA;

EID: 0032504092     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00477-7     Document Type: Article

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