Oxidative stress induced by epileptic seizure and its attenuation by melatonin

Physiological Research

Volumn 62, Issue SUPPL 1, 2013, Pages

  Mares J ^a   Stopka, P ^b   Nohejlova K ^a   Rokyta, R ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

EPR; Free radicals; Melatonin; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MELATONIN; NITROGEN OXIDE; NITROXYL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; EPILEPSY; MALE; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; EPILEPSY; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MALE; MELATONIN; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 84891640335     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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