Antioxidant enzymes activities and protein damage in rat brain of both sexes

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 368-371

  Ehrenbrink, Guilherme ^a   Hakenhaar, Fernanda Schäfer ^a   Salomon, Tiago Boeira ^a   Petrucci, Antonella Pilla ^a   Sandri, Marcia Rodrigues ^a   Benfato, Mara Silveira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aging; Andropause; Antioxidant defenses; Estropause; Oxidative stress; Reproductive cycle

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CATALASE; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRAIN; CATALASE; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33646176233     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2006.02.007     Document Type: Article

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