N-Acetylcysteine attenuates methamphetamine induced neurotoxicity in rat striatum

Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Song, Jian Wen ^a   Liu, Zeng Jia ^a   Tan, Xiao Hui ^a   Wang, Hui Jun ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Dopamine; Methamphetamine; N acetylcysteine; Neurotoxicity; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; DOPAMINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NERVE CELL; NEUROTOXICITY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 68849119761     PISSN: 10011978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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