Elevation by oxidative stress and aging of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal activity in rats and its prevention by vitamin E

Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 207-213

  Kobayashi, Naoko ^a   Machida, Taiji ^a   Takahashi, Takeyuki ^a   Takatsu, Hirokatsu ^a   Shinkai, Tadashi ^b   Abe, Kouichi ^c   Urano, Shiro ^a  

^a SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^c EISAI CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Corticosteroid receptor; HPA activity; Oxidative stress; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALKADIENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; LIPID HYDROPEROXIDE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

AGING; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HYPEROXIA; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

CORNUS; RATTUS;

EID: 70350340711     PISSN: 09120009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3164/jcbn.09-33     Document Type: Article

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