Green tea polyphenol (-)-epigallocatechin gallate attenuates the neuronal NADPH-d/nNOS expression in the nodose ganglion of acute hypoxic rats

Brain Research

Volumn 999, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-80

  Wei, I Hua ^a   Wu, Ya Chieh ^a   Wen, Chen Yuan ^a   Shieh, Jeng Yung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

( ) Epigallocatechin gallate; Hypoxic insult; Morphologic study; Nitric oxide; Nodose ganglion

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BRAIN ENZYME; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EXPOSURE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPROTECTION; NODOSE GANGLION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 1642472818     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2003.11.056     Document Type: Article

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