Melatonin preserves superoxide dismutase activity in hypoglossal motoneurons of adult rats following peripheral nerve injury

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 172-180

  Chang, Hung Ming ^a   Huang, Yi Lun ^a   Lan, Chyn Tair ^a   Wu, Un In ^b   Hu, Ming E ^a   Youn, Su Chung ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Functional recovery; Hypoglossal nucleus; Melatonin; Nitric oxide; Peripheral nerve injury; Quantitative image analysis; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MELATONIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; RAT; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE; MELATONIN; MOTOR NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 39149142496     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: 1600079X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.2007.00505.x     Document Type: Article

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