Hypothalamic digoxin, cerebral chemical dominance and myalgic encephalomyelitis

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 683-701

  Kurup, Ravi Kumar ^a   Kurup, Parameswara Achutha ^b,c  

^a Medical College Hospital Thiruvananthapuram   (India)

^b Metabolic Disorders Research Center   (India)

^c Gouri Sadan   (India)

Author keywords

Cerebral chemical dominance; Digoxin; Myalgic encephalomyelitis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); CARBOHYDRATE; DIGOXIN; DOLICHOL; FREE RADICAL; GAG PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCOCONJUGATE; GLYCOLIPID; GLYCOPROTEIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; ISOPRENOID; MAGNESIUM; MORPHINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NICOTINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; QUINOLINIC ACID; SEROTONIN; STRYCHNINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; UBIQUINONE; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGOXIN BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION;

ADULT; DIGOXIN; ERYTHROCYTES; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; OUABAIN; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0037676343     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450390200026     Document Type: Article

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