Effects of atorvastatin on the hypertension-induced oxidative stress in the rat brain

Iranian Biomedical Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 152-157

  Mohammadi, Mohammad ^a   Amini, Reza ^a   Jahanbakhsh, Zahra ^a   Shekarforoush, Shahnaz ^b  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aortic coarctation; Atorvastatin; Hypertension; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AORTA CONSTRICTION; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEMISPHERE; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY ARTERY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; CARDIOMEGALY; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; HEPTANOIC ACIDS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PYRROLES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

RATTUS;

EID: 84878850966     PISSN: 1028852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6091/ibj.1189.2013     Document Type: Article

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