N-acetylcysteine reverses existing cognitive impairment and increased oxidative stress in glutamate transporter type 3 deficient mice

Neuroscience

Volumn 220, Issue , 2012, Pages 85-89

  Cao, L ^a,b   Li, L ^a   Zuo, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cognitive functions; Glutamate transporter 3; Glutathione; Mice; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

3 NITROTYROSINE; 4 HYDROXYNONENAL; ACETYLCYSTEINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 3; GLUTATHIONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN TISSUE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; GENE INACTIVATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 3; GLUTATHIONE; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 84864744605     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.06.044     Document Type: Article

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