Impairments of astrocytes are involved in the d-galactose-induced brain aging

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 369, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1082-1087

  Lei, Ming ^a   Hua, Xiangdong ^a   Xiao, Ming ^a   Ding, Jiong ^a   Han, Qunying ^a   Hu, Gang ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Brain aging; d galactose; Nitric oxide; Rats

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BETA ACTIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FLUORESCENT DYE; GALACTOSE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DETERIORATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASTROCYTES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL AGING; GALACTOSE; GLUTATHIONE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; UP-REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 41149151136     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.02.151     Document Type: Article

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