γ-glutamyl cysteine synthetase is up-regulated during recovery of brain mitochondrial complex I following neurotoxic insult in mice

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 350, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-55

  Kenchappa, Rajappa S ^a   Ravindranath, Vijayalakshmi ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL BRAIN RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Brain; Complex I; Excitatory amino acid; Glutathione; Mitochondria; Oxidative stress; Thiol oxidation; Glutamyl cysteine synthetase

Indexed keywords

3 OXALYLAMINOALANINE; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; UPREGULATION;

EID: 0142106908     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00779-1     Document Type: Article

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