Effect of alcohol on lipid levels in the brains of rats

Gazi Medical Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 168-171

  Kurban, Sevil ^a   Mehmetoglu, Idris ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brain; Cholesterol; Ethanol; Phospholipids; Rat 2; Triglyceride

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHOLESTEROL; PHOSPHOLIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LIPID BRAIN LEVEL; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 65349150678     PISSN: 1300056X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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