Reactive Oxygen Radicals and Pathogenesis of Neuronal Death After Cerebral Ischemia

Antioxidants and Redox Signaling

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 597-607

  Sugawara, Taku ^a   Chan, Pak H ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; DNA; LIPID; OXYGEN RADICAL; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

APOPTOSIS; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROKE;

EID: 0142139346     PISSN: 15230864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/152308603770310266     Document Type: Review

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