Total brain tissue sialic acid levels due to glutathione effect in experimental epilepsy

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1523-1535

  Pence, Sadrettin ^a   Erkutlu, Ibrahim ^a   Kurtul, Naciye ^b   Bosnak, Mehmet ^a   Tan, Uner ^c  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brain tissue; Epilepsy; Glutathione; Mice; Sialic acid

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; SIALIC ACID;

ACIDITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; RODENT; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CONVULSANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; MALE; MICE; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 35148873256     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450601126384     Document Type: Article

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