Metallothionein-I and -II knock-out mice are not more sensitive than control mice to 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine neurotoxicity

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 273, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 113-116

  Rojas, Patricia ^a   Klaassen, Curtis D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

1 Methyl 4 phenyl 1,2,3,6 tetrahydropyridine; Dopamine; Metallothionein; Oxidative stress; Parkinson's disease; Striatum

Indexed keywords

1,2,3,6 TETRAHYDRO 1 METHYL 4 PHENYLPYRIDINE; DOPAMINE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032867871     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00651-5     Document Type: Article

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