Guanosine and synthetic organoselenium compounds modulate methylmercury-induced oxidative stress in rat brain cortical slices: Involvement of oxidative stress and glutamatergic system

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 302-307

  Roos, Daniel H ^a   Puntel, Robson L ^a   Santos, Matheus M ^a   Souza, Diogo O G ^b   Farina, Marcelo ^c   Nogueira, Cristina W ^a   Aschner, Michael ^d   Burger, Marilise Escobar ^a   Barbosa, Nilda B V ^a   Rocha, João B T ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

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

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Free radicals; Glutamatergic system; MeHg

Indexed keywords

DICHLOROFLUORESCEIN; DIPHENYL DISELENIDE; DIZOCILPINE; EBSELEN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GUANOSINE; METHYLMERCURY; ORGANOSELENIUM DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUTAMATERGIC SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT;

RATTUS;

EID: 84984550577     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2008.12.020     Document Type: Article

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