Direct measurement of free radicals in the brain cortex and the blood serum after nociceptive stimulation in rats

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 252-256

  Rokyta, Richard ^a   Stopka, Pavel ^b   Holecek, Václav ^c   Krikava, Karel ^e   Pekárková, Ivana ^a,d  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^c Department of Clinical Biochemistry   (Czech Republic)

^d Orthopaedics Department of Hospital Bene ov   (Czech Republic)

^e Hospital Pelhrimov   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

EPR method; Free radicals; Melatonin; Pain; Rat

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; MELATONIN; NITROXIDE; OXYGEN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN CORTEX; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 6444226247     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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