Long-term ethanol administration enhances age-dependent modulation of redox state in different brain regions in the rat: Protection by acetyl carnitine

International Journal of Tissue Reactions

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 97-104

  Calabrese, V ^a,b   Scapagnini, G ^b   Latteri, S ^a   Colombrita, C ^a,b   Ravagna, A ^a   Catalano, C ^a   Pennisi, G ^a   Calvani, M ^c   Butterfield, D A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYNONENAL; ACETYL COENZYME A; ACETYLCARNITINE; ACYLCARNITINE; ALCOHOL; ARGINASE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; FATTY ACID ESTER; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE;

AGE; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN PROTECTION; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEPLETION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMEOSTASIS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUMINESCENCE; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PATHOGENESIS; RAT; SUPPLEMENTATION;

ACETYLCARNITINE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGE FACTORS; ALDEHYDES; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ETHANOL; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; MALE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036915139     PISSN: 02500868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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