Ebselen protects against methylmercury-induced inhibition of glutamate uptake by cortical slices from adult mice

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 351-357

  Farina, Marcelo ^a   Frizzo, Marcos E S ^a   Soares, Félix A A ^a   Schwalm, Fábio D ^a   Dietrich, Marcelo O ^a   Zeni, Gilson ^b   Rocha, João B T ^b   Souza, Diogo O ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Catalase; Cortical slices; Ebselen; Glutamate uptake; Glutathione; Glutathione peroxidase; Lipid peroxidation; Methylmercury

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; DRINKING WATER; EBSELEN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; METHYLMERCURY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION;

EID: 84984536045     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(03)00242-X     Document Type: Article

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