Dose-dependent effects of fluoride on neurochemical milieu in the hippocampus and neocortex of rat brain

Fluoride

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 101-110

  Chirumari, Krishnaiah ^a   Reddy, Pratap Karnati ^a,b  

^a Osmania University ^*

^b OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Free radical enzymes; Hippocampus; Neocortex; Neurochemical milieu; Neuronal nitric oxide synthase; Neurotransmitters; Protein kinase C; Rat brain and fluoride

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; ADRENALIN; CATALASE; DOPAMINE; FLUORIDE SODIUM; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NORADRENALIN; PROTEIN KINASE C; SEROTONIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ADRENALIN BRAIN LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXCITOTOXICITY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NEOCORTEX; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN BRAIN LEVEL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 34547661815     PISSN: 00154725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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