Melatonin reduces projection neuronal injury induced by 3-nitropropionic acid in the rat striatum

Neurodegenerative Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 139-150

  Mu, Shuhua ^b   Lin, Erjian ^c   Liu, Bingbing ^d   Ma, Yuxin ^a,e   Ouyang, Lisi ^a   Li, Youlan ^a   Chen, Si ^a   Zhang, Jian ^b   Lei, Wanlong ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shenzhen University School of Medicine   (China)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d GUANGDONG SECOND PROVINCIAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^e GUANGDONG PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

3 Nitropropionic acid; Immunoelectron microscopy; Melatonin; Projection neuron

Indexed keywords

3 NITROPROPIONIC ACID; CELL PROTEIN; MELATONIN; 3-NITROPROPIONIC ACID; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; NITRO DERIVATIVE; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC SPINE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL LESION; NONHUMAN; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CORPUS STRIATUM; DENDRITIC SPINES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELATONIN; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NITRO COMPOUNDS; PROPIONATES; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84912571327     PISSN: 16602854     EISSN: 16602862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000365891     Document Type: Article

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