Chronic pretreatment with acetyl-l-carnitine and ±dL-α-lipoic acid protects against acute Glutamate-induced neurotoxicity in rat brain by altering mitochondrial function

Neurotoxicity Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 319-329

  Nagesh Babu, G ^b   Kumar, Alok ^a   Singh, Ram Lakhan ^b  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b DR RAM MANOHAR LOHIA AVADH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Caspases; iNOS; Intracellular calcium; Mitochondrial transmembrane potential; Nitric oxide; nNOS

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; CATALASE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; LEVACECARNINE; MESSENGER RNA; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOCTIC ACID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACETYLCARNITINE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; THIOCTIC ACID; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

RATTUS;

EID: 79751537170     PISSN: 10298428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12640-010-9165-3     Document Type: Article

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