Oxidative stress and genetic markers of suboptimal antioxidant defense in the aging brain: A theoretical review

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 805-819

  Salminen, Lauren E ^a   Paul, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant defense enzymes; Brain aging; Genetic risk; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MYELIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; GENETIC MARKER;

AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN METABOLISM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER; ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; COGNITION DISORDERS; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 84922902834     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: 21910200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/revneuro-2014-0046     Document Type: Article

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