Hippocampal mitochondrial dysfunction in rat aging

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 294, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Navarro, Ana ^a,d   López Cepero, José M ^a   Bández, Manuel J ^a   Sánchez Pino, María Jesús ^a   Gómez, Carmen ^a   Cadenas, Enrique ^b   Boveris, Alberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cytochrome oxidase; Mitochondrial nitric oxide synthase; Oxidative damage; Reduced nicotinamide adenide dinucleotide dehydrogenase

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX I; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX III; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; ENERGY METABOLISM; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES; NAD; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

EID: 38949115246     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00492.2007     Document Type: Article

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