Marked elevation in cortical urate and xanthine oxidoreductase activity in experimental bacterial meningitis

Brain Research

Volumn 900, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 244-251

  Christen, Stephan ^a   Bifrare, Yeong Delphine ^a   Siegenthaler, Corinne ^a   Leib, Stephen L ^a   Täuber, Martin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Phenyl tert butyl nitrone; Allopurinol; Inflammation; Oxidative stress; Uric acid; Xanthine oxidoreductase

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; ASCORBIC ACID; URATE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INFECTION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ALLOPURINOL; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; URIC ACID; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

EID: 0035843927     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(01)02311-3     Document Type: Article

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