Alterations in brain glutathione homeostasis induced by the nerve gas soman

Neurotoxicity Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 177-181

  Klaidman, Lori K ^a   Adams Jr , James D ^a   Cross, Robert ^b   Pazdernik, Thomas L ^b   Samson, Fred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Glutathione; Oxidative stress; Protein sulfhydryls; Soman

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT; GLUTATHIONE; NERVE PROTEIN; SOMAN; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; EPILEPTIC STATE; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; METABOLISM; RAT; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; GLUTATHIONE; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOMAN; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0038448238     PISSN: 10298428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03033138     Document Type: Article

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