Effect of acute exposure to 3-nitropropionic acid on activities of endogenous antioxidants in the rat brain

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 251, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 173-176

  Binienda, Zbigniew ^a   Simmons, Cathy ^a   Hussain, Saber ^a   Slikker Jr , William ^a   Ali, Syed F ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

3 Nitropropionic acid; Catalase; Glutathione peroxidase; Oxidative stress; Reduced glutathione; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

3 NITROPROPIONIC ACID; BRAIN ENZYME; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CELL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRAIN; CATALASE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; FRONTAL LOBE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEUROTOXINS; NITRO COMPOUNDS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROPIONIC ACIDS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 0032584691     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00539-4     Document Type: Article

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