Free radicals and brain damage in the newborn

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 180-186

  Buonocore, Giuseppe ^a   Perrone, Serafina ^a   Bracci, Rodolfo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain damage; Free radical injury; Newborn

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; IRON; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BRAIN INJURY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HYPOXIA; IRON METABOLISM; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NEWBORN DISEASE; OLIGODENDROGLIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REPERFUSION INJURY;

BRAIN DISEASES; CALCIUM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; IRON; MITOCHONDRIA; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REPERFUSION INJURY;

EID: 0035079335     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000047088     Document Type: Conference Paper

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