Lead stimulates the glutathione system in selective regions of rat brain

Folia Neuropathologica

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 203-209

  Struzyńska, Lidia ^a   Sułkowski, Grzegorz ^a   Lenkiewicz, Aleksandra ^a   Rafałowska, Urszula ^a  

^a MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Glutathione system; Glutathione related enzymes; Lead neurotoxicity

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LEAD; LEAD ACETATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOLIC FRACTION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EXPOSURE; FOREBRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEAD POISONING; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; RAT STRAIN; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036986640     PISSN: 00283894     EISSN: 1509572X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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