In vivo protective effect of melatonin on cadmium-induced changes in redox balance and gene expression in rat hypothalamus and anterior pituitary

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 238-246

  Poliandri, Ariel H B ^a   Esquifino, Ana I ^b   Cano, Pilar ^b   Jiménez, Vanessa ^b   Lafuente, Anunciación ^c   Cardinali, Daniel P ^a   Duvilanski, Beatriz H ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anterior pituitary; Cadmium toxicity; Heme oxygenase 1; Hypothalamus; Lipid peroxidation; Melatonin; Nitric oxide synthase; Thyrotropin

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; HEME OXYGENASE 1; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MELATONIN; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; THYROTROPIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; RAT;

EID: 33748364115     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: 1600079X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.2006.00360.x     Document Type: Article

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