Quantification of superoxide radical in the brain of rats with experimentally induced obstructive jaundice

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1101-1105

  Konstantinou, Dimitris ^a   Mavrakis, Adamantios ^a   Grintzalis, Konstantinos ^a   Papapostolou, Ioannis ^a   Assimakopoulos, Stelios F ^a   Chroni, Elisabeth ^b   Georgiou, Christos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Brain oxidative stress; Dihydroethidine; Experimental hepatic encephalopathy; Free radicals; Obstructive jaundice; Reactive oxygen species; Superoxide radical

Indexed keywords

HYDROETHIDINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT LIGATION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; IN VIVO STUDY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT;

ANIMALS; BILE DUCTS; BRAIN; DICARBETHOXYDIHYDROCOLLIDINE; JAUNDICE, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDES;

ANIMALIA; PUFFINUS AURICULARIS; RATTUS;

EID: 42149154767     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-007-9556-x     Document Type: Article

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