The antioxidant melatonin reduces cortical neuronal death after intrastriatal injection of kainate in the rat

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 241-247

  Chen, S T ^a   Chuang, J I ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Excitotoxicity; Glutathione; Kainate; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; KAINIC ACID; MELATONIN; PINEAL BODY HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NERVE CELL LESION; NISSL STAINING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORPUS STRIATUM; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; KAINIC ACID; MALE; MELATONIN; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; NEUROTOXINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0033011225     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050619     Document Type: Article

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