Alterations in glutathione system in adult and pup rat brains following chronic aluminum exposure

Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 128-132

  Anand, Priya ^a   Nehru, Bimla ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Developing rat brain; Glutathione; Neurotoxicity

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ALUMINUM; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HOMEOSTASIS; LACTATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33846239399     PISSN: 09732284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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