Melatonin's effects on free radical levels in rat hippocampus, measured by electronic paramagnetic resonance

Pharmacologyonline

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 170-175

  Velazquez Paniagua M ^a   Contreras Perez R ^b   Gomez Vidales V ^c   Meneses Perez M A ^d   Prieto Gomez B ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^c Instituto de Quimica de la UNAM   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aging; Antioxidant; Hippocampal area; Indolic hormone; Scavenger

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FREE RADICAL; MELATONIN; SCAVENGER;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FREEZE DRYING; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; SCAVENGING SYSTEM; WISTAR RAT;

EID: 34248369408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18278620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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