Sex-dependent differences in aged rat brain mitochondrial function and oxidative stress

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-175

  Guevara, Rocío ^a,b   Santandreu, Francisca M ^a,b   Valle, Adamo ^a,b   Gianotti, Magdalena ^a,b   Oliver, Jordi ^a,b   Roca, Pilar ^a,b  

^a Instituto Universitario de Investigacion en Ciencias de la Salud IUNICS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain; Free radicals; Mitochondria; Oxidative balance; Oxidative damage; Sex differences; Uncoupling protein

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ESTRADIOL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 4; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 5;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; ION CHANNELS; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX FACTORS;

RATTUS;

EID: 58049120479     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2008.09.035     Document Type: Article

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