Effect of chronic usage of tramadol on motor cerebral cortex and testicular tissues of adult male albino rats and the effect of its withdrawal: Histological, immunohistochemical and biochemical study

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 7323-7341

  Ghoneim, Fatma M ^a   Khalaf, Hanaa A ^a   Elsamanoudy, Ayman Z ^a   Helaly, Ahmed N ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bax; Brain; Oxidative stress; Testis; Tramadol

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BAX PROTEIN, RAT; MALONALDEHYDE; PROTEIN BAX; TRAMADOL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN CORTEX; DRUG EFFECTS; MALE; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOLOGY; RAT; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MODELS, ANIMAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; TESTIS; TRAMADOL;

EID: 84919500073     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19362625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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