Acetyl-L-carnitine enhances Na+, K+-ATPase glutathione-S-transferase and multiple unit activity and reduces lipid peroxidation and lipofuscin concentration in aged rat brain regions

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 301, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-4

  Kaur, Jaspreet ^a   Sharma, Deepak ^a   Singh, Rameshwar ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acetyl L carnitine; Antiageing effects; Glutathione peroxidase; Glutathione S transferase; K+ ATPase; Lipid peroxidation; Lipofuscin; Multiple unit activity; Na+

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LEVACECARNINE; LIPID; LIPOFUSCIN;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ACETYLCARNITINE; AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIPOFUSCIN; MALE; NA(+)-K(+)-EXCHANGING ATPASE; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0035937653     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(01)01576-2     Document Type: Article

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