Aluminium-induced imbalance in oxidant and antioxidant determinants in brain regions of female rats: Protection by centrophenoxine

Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-25

  Nehru, Bimla ^a   Bhalla, Punita ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Catalase; Centrophenoxine; Different Brain Regions; Lipid Peroxidation; Superoxide Dismutase

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CATALASE; LIPID; MECLOFENOXATE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ALUMINUM OVERLOAD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; BRAIN PROTECTION; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 30744474698     PISSN: 15376516     EISSN: 15376524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15376520500195541     Document Type: Article

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