Vitamin C distribution and retention in the mouse brain

Brain Research

Volumn 1348, Issue , 2010, Pages 181-186

  Harrison, Fiona E ^a   Green, Roslyn J ^a   Dawes, Sean M ^a   May, James M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Gulo; Malondiadehyde; Oxidative stress; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; MALONALDEHYDE; GULONOLACTONE OXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBELLUM; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG RETENTION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ANIMAL; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; BRAIN; C57BL MOUSE; DEFICIENCY; DISEASE MODEL; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; L-GULONOLACTONE OXIDASE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

GULO; MUS;

EID: 77955709388     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.05.090     Document Type: Article

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