Melatonin attenuates radiation-induced learning deficit and brain oxidative stress in mice

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-70

  Manda, Kailash ^a   Anzai, Kazunori ^a   Kumari, Seema ^b   Bhatia, A L ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidative; Learning; Melatonin; Oxidative stress; Radiation

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; GAMMA RADIATION; LEARNING DISORDER; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; RADIATION INJURY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLUTATHIONE; LEARNING DISORDERS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; MICE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; RADIATION;

EID: 34247346067     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: 00651400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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