Altered glial fibrillary acidic protein content and its degradation in the hippocampus, cortex and cerebellum of rats exposed to constant light: Reversal by melatonin

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 134-139

  Baydas, Giyasettin ^a   Reiter, Russel J ^b   Nedzvetskii, Viktor S ^c   Nerush, Peter A ^d   Kirichenko, Svetlana V ^c  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^c OLES HONCHAR DNIPRO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^d Dnipropetrovsk State Medical Academy   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Astrocytes; Constant light; Free radicals; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FREE RADICAL; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FREE RADICALS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MELATONIN; PHOTOPERIOD; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 0036785332     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-079X.2002.02110.x     Document Type: Article

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