Effects of tempol, a membrane-permeable radical scavenger, in a gerbil model of brain injury

Brain Research

Volumn 875, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 96-106

  Cuzzocrea, S ^a   McDonald, M C ^b   Mazzon, E ^a   Siriwardena, D ^b   Costantino, G ^a   Fulia, F ^a   Cucinotta, G ^a   Gitto, E ^a   Cordaro, S ^a   Barberi, I ^a   De Sarro, A ^a   Caputi, A P ^a   Thiemermann, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Cerebral ischemia; Gerbil; Lipid peroxidation; Neuronal death; Tempol

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERBIL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CYCLIC N-OXIDES; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GERBILLINAE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIPID PEROXIDES; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUTROPHIL INFILTRATION; NITRATES; NITRITES; PEROXIDASE; POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASES; REPERFUSION INJURY; SPIN LABELS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TYROSINE;

EID: 0034284555     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)02582-8     Document Type: Article

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