Ethidium bromide inhibits rat brain acetylcholinesterase activity in vitro

Chemico-Biological Interactions

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 121-127

  Mazzanti, Cinthia M ^a   Spanevello, Roselia M ^a   Obregon, Adriana ^b   Pereira, Luciane B ^b   Streher, Cristiane A ^b   Ahmed, Mushtaq ^b   Mazzanti, Alexandre ^b   Graça, Dominguita L ^b   Morsch, Vera M ^a   Schetinger, Maria Rosa C ^a  

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

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Cholinergic system; Ethidium bromide; Kinetic analysis; Rat

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBELLUM; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DATA ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME KINETICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; STAINING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CATALYSIS; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHIDIUM; HIPPOCAMPUS; KINETICS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 33746870732     PISSN: 00092797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2006.05.013     Document Type: Article

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