Does ascorbate/L-cys/L-met mixture protect different parts of the rat brain against chronic alcohol toxicity?

Advances in Therapy

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 705-718

  Amanvermez, Ramazan ^a   Agar, Erdal ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antioxidant protection; Brain stem; Cerebellum; Cerebrum; Chronic alcohol intake; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; ALCOHOL; ASCORBIC ACID; CYSTEINE; METHIONINE;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN TOXICITY; CELL DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIPID OXIDATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; RAT; SUPPLEMENTATION;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CYSTEINE; ETHANOL; METHIONINE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 33845629807     PISSN: 0741238X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02850310     Document Type: Article

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