Evidence of altered DNA integrity in the brain regions of suicidal victims of Bipolar Depression

Indian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 220-228

  Mustak, Mohammed S ^a,b   Hegde, Muralidhar L ^a,c   Dinesh, Athira ^d   Britton, Gabrielle B ^e   Berrocal, Ruben ^e,f   Rao K , Subba ^g   Shamasundar, N M ^h   Rao, K S J ^e   Rao, T S Sathyanarayana ⁱ  

^a CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b MANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^d Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church Medical College Hospital   (India)

^e Institute for Scientific Research and Technology Services (INDICASAT)   (India)

^f Tecnología e innovación   (United States)

^g JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^h Department of Anatomy ^*  (India)

ⁱ JSS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Bipolar depression; brain regions; DNA conformation; DNA fragmentation; DNA stability; oxidative stress; strand breaks; trace metals

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DNA; IRON; TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; BRAIN REGION; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENOMICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SUICIDE; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 77958063124     PISSN: 00195545     EISSN: 19983794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5545.70974     Document Type: Article

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