Increased levels of superoxide in brains from old female rats

Free Radical Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 177-183

  Antier, Daniel ^a,b   Carswell, Hilary V O ^a   Brosnan, M Julia ^a   Hamilton, Carlene A ^a,c   Macrae, I Mhairi ^a   Groves, S ^a   Jardine, E ^a   Reid, John L ^a   Dominiczak, Anna F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

^c WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Female; Hypertension; Oestrogen; Rat; Superoxide

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ESTRADIOL; LUCIGENIN; OXYGEN RADICAL; SUPEROXIDE;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ATTENUATION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGING; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SUPEROXIDES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0842323802     PISSN: 10715762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10715760310001643294     Document Type: Review

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