Protective effects of lycopene against methylmercury-induced neurotoxicity in cultured rat cerebellar granule neurons

Brain Research

Volumn 1540, Issue , 2013, Pages 92-102

  Qu, Mingyue ^a   Nan, Xinzhong ^a   Gao, Zhidan ^a   Guo, Baoshi ^a   Liu, Bo ^a   Chen, Zhongmin ^a  

^a Center for Health Protection of the Second Artillery Force of PLA   (China)

Author keywords

Lycopene; Methylmercury; Mitochondria; Oxidative stress; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

1,2,3,6 TETRAHYDRO 1 METHYL 4 PHENYLPYRIDINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LYCOPENE; METHYLMERCURY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE); SUPEROXIDE; UBIQUINOL CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DOSAGE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRION; NEPHROTOXICITY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

RATTUS;

5,5',6,6'-TETRACHLORO-1,1',3,3'-TETRAETHYLBENZIMIDAZOLE-CARBOCYANIDE IODINE; BHT; BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE; CCK-8; CELL COUNTING KIT-8; DCFH-DA; DICHLOROFLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; JC-1; LYCOPENE; MEHG; METHYLMERCURY; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL PERMEABILITY TRANSITION PORE; MPTP; MTDNA; NORMALIZED RELATIVE FLUORESCENCE UNITS; NRFU; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; ROS; TETRAHYDROFURAN; THF;

ANIMALS; CAROTENOIDS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLUM; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MITOCHONDRIA; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84901849872     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2013.10.005     Document Type: Article

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