Neurochemical changes related to ageing in the rat brain and the effect of DL-α-lipoic acid

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1489-1494

  Arivazhagan, P ^a,b   Panneerselvam, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing and DL lipoic acid; Neurotransmitters

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; THIOCTIC ACID; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; ANTIOXIDANT;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; WISTAR RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRAIN; DOPAMINE; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN; THIOCTIC ACID;

EID: 0038476369     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(02)00122-5     Document Type: Article

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