Biochemical and genetic alterations of oxidant/antioxidant status of the brain in rats treated with dexamethasone: Protective roles of melatonin and acetyl-L-carnitine

Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-90

  Assaf, Naglaa ^a   Shalby, Aziza B ^b   Khalil, Wagdy K B ^b   Ahmed, Hanaa H ^b  

^a Misr University for Science and Technology   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Acetyl L carnitine (ALC); Dexamethasone (DM); Melatonin (MEL); Neurotoxicity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CATALASE; DEXAMETHASONE; DNA; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE P1; HEME OXYGENASE 1; HEME OXYGENASE 2; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; LEVACECARNINE; MALONALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN PROTECTION; BRAIN TISSUE; CHOLINESTERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; RAT;

ACETYLCARNITINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASE PI; HEME OXYGENASE (DECYCLIZING); HEME OXYGENASE-1; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

RATTUS;

EID: 84858076459     PISSN: 11387548     EISSN: 18778755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13105-011-0121-3     Document Type: Article

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