The oxidative damage and inflammation caused by pesticides are reverted by lipoic acid in rat brain

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1231-1241

  Astiz, Mariana ^a   De Alaniz, María J T ^a   Marra, Carlos Alberto ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOQUÍMICAS DE LA PLATA INIBIOLP   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Lipoic acid; Oxidative stress; Pesticide mixture; Programmed cell death; Rat brain

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CALPAIN; CASPASE 3; GLUTATHIONE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; PESTICIDE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; THIOCTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN RELEASE; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN; ENCEPHALITIS; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PESTICIDES; PHOSPHOLIPASES A2; PROSTAGLANDINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THIOCTIC ACID;

RATTUS;

EID: 84870063331     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: 18729754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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