Effect of functional pinealectomy on hippocampal lipid peroxidation, antioxidant enzymes and N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor subunits 2A and 2B in young and old rats

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 345-350

  Delibas, Namik ^a   Tuzmen, Nalan ^a   Yonden, Zafer ^a   Altuntas, Irfan ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Lipid peroxidation; Melatonin; NMDA receptors; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; LIPID; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MELATONIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE RELEASE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PINEALECTOMY; RAT STRAIN;

EID: 0036689220     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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