A single exposure of rats to water-immersion restraint stress induces oxidative stress more severely in the thymus than in the spleen

Redox Report

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 200-205

  Ohta, Yoshiji ^a   Yashiro, Koji ^a   Hidaka, Mayumi ^b   Honda, Minako ^c   Imai, Yoichoro ^d   Ohashi, Koji ^d   Fukuzawa, Kenji ^b  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b YASUDA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lipid peroxide; Non enzymatic antioxidants; Spleen; Thymus; Water immersion restraint stress (rat)

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID PEROXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPLEEN; THYMUS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WATER IMMERSION;

ANIMALS; IMMERSION; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPLEEN; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; THYMUS GLAND; WATER;

EID: 84867676611     PISSN: 13510002     EISSN: 17432928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1351000212Y.0000000023     Document Type: Article

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