Isoprenoid pathway dysfunction in chronic fatigue syndrome

Acta Neuropsychiatrica

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 266-273

  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

Chronic fatigue syndrome; Digoxin; Dolichol; Isoprenoid; Ubiquinone

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); CARBOHYDRATE; DIGOXIN; DOLICHOL; DOPAMINE; ENZYME; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCOCONJUGATE; GLYCOLIPID; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; ISOPRENOID; LYSOSOME ENZYME; MORPHINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NICOTINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; QUINOLINIC ACID; SEROTONIN; STRYCHNINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; UBIQUINONE; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS;

EID: 0142043477     PISSN: 09242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1601-5215.2003.00045.x     Document Type: Article

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