Modulatory effects of N-acetylcysteine on cerebral cortex and cerebellum regions of ageing rat brain

Nutricion Hospitalaria

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 95-100

  Singh Kanwar, S ^a   Nehru, B ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidative defense; Brain ageing; Lipid peroxidation; N acetylcysteine; Reduced glutathione

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID PEROXIDE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; AGING; ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

RATTUS;

EID: 33847389304     PISSN: 02121611     EISSN: 16995198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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