Beneficial effects of n-acetylcysteine on ischaemic brain injury

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1219-1226

  Cuzzocrea, Salvatore ^a   Mazzon, Emanuela ^a   Costantino, Giuseppina ^a   Serraino, Ivana ^a   Dugo, Laura ^a   Calabrò, Giusy ^a   Cucinotta, Giovanni ^a   De Sarro, Angela ^a   Caputi, A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Brain oedema; Cerebral ischaemia; Gerbil; Lipid peroxidation; NAC; Neuronal death

Indexed keywords

3 NITROTYROSINE; ACETYLCYSTEINE; MALONALDEHYDE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERBIL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GERBILLINAE; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NITRIC OXIDE; PEROXIDASE; POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASES; REPERFUSION INJURY; TIME FACTORS; TYROSINE;

EID: 0033943080     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0703421     Document Type: Article

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