Melatonin prevents focal rat cerebellum injury as assessed by induction of heat shock protein (HO-1) following subarachnoid injections of lysed blood

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 331, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 208-210

  Martinez Cruz, Francisco ^a,b   Espinara, Auxiliadora ^a   Pozoa, David ^a,b   Osunaa, Carmen ^a,b   Guerreroa, Juan M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Cerebellum; Heme oxygenase 1; Melatonin; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; MELATONIN; TROLOX C;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN PROTECTION; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM INJURY; CISTERNA MAGNA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RAT; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0037131586     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)00884-4     Document Type: Article

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