Effects of steroid hormones on the Zn, Cu and MTI/II levels in the mouse brain

Brain Research

Volumn 1013, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 134-141

  Beltramini, Mariano ^a   Zambenedetti, Pamela ^b   Wittkowski, Werner ^c   Zatta, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Hospital of Dolo   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hormone; Metallothionein; Neurodegenerative disease; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

COPPER; CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRONE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HYDROCORTISONE; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALLOTHIONEIN I; METALLOTHIONEIN II; OLIVE OIL; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER METABOLISM; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; ZINC METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COPPER; CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRONE; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICE; PREGNENEDIONES; TESTOSTERONE; ZINC;

EID: 2942591056     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.04.010     Document Type: Article

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