Increased ferric iron content and iron-induced oxidative stress in the brains of scrapie-infected mice

Brain Research

Volumn 884, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 98-103

  Kim, Nam Ho ^a   Park, Seok Joo ^a   Jin, Jae Kwang ^a   Kwon, Myung Sang ^c   Choi, Eun Kyoung ^a   Carp, Richard I ^d   Kim, Yong Sun ^a,b  

^a Hallym Academy of Sciences   (South Korea)

^b Hallym University   (South Korea)

^c Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^d NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Iron; Neurodegeneration; Oxidative stress; Scrapie

Indexed keywords

FERRIC ION; FERROUS ION; FREE RADICAL; IRON; MALONALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRAPIE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IRON; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEOSTRIATUM; NEUROTOXINS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SCRAPIE;

EID: 0034711569     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)02907-3     Document Type: Article

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