Methamphetamine selectively alters brain glutathione

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 400, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 99-102

  Harold, Christine ^a   Wallace, Tanya ^b   Friedman, Ross ^a   Gudelsky, Gary ^b   Yamamoto, Bryan ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Glutathione; Methamphetamine; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRUG EFFECT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; CORPUS STRIATUM; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0034648078     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(00)00392-7     Document Type: Article

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