Melatonin inhibits oxidative stress and apoptosis in fetal brains of hyperhomocysteinemic rat dams

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 225-231

  Baydas, Giyasettin ^a   Koz, Sema T ^a   Tuzcu, Mehmet ^a   Etem, Ebru ^a   Nedzvetsky, Viktor S ^b  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b OLES HONCHAR DNIPRO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Hyperhomocysteinemia; Melatonin; Oxidative stress; Pup brain

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; DRINKING WATER; MALONALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA; METHIONINE; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MELATONIN; MITOCHONDRIA; ORGAN SIZE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 34548457383     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: 1600079X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.2007.00465.x     Document Type: Article

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