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CHAPTER 3 Bra<strong>in</strong> <strong>oxidative</strong> <strong>stress</strong> and selective behaviour <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>alum<strong>in</strong>ium</strong> <strong>in</strong> specific areas <strong>of</strong> rat bra<strong>in</strong>: potential effects <strong>in</strong> a 6-<br />

OHDA-<strong>in</strong>duced model <strong>of</strong> Park<strong>in</strong>son’s disease ...................................... 117<br />

ABSTRACT ..................................................................................................................... 119<br />

INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................ 120<br />

MATERIALS AND METHODS .......................................................................................... 122<br />

Chemicals ............................................................................................................................................ 122<br />

Animal treatment................................................................................................................................ 122<br />

Bra<strong>in</strong> samples ...................................................................................................................................... 123<br />

Preparation <strong>of</strong> bra<strong>in</strong> mitochondria ..................................................................................................... 124<br />

Determ<strong>in</strong>ation <strong>of</strong> TBARS, PCC, and PTC .............................................................................................. 124<br />

Measurement <strong>of</strong> SOD activity ............................................................................................................. 125<br />

Measurement <strong>of</strong> GPx activity .............................................................................................................. 125<br />

Measurement <strong>of</strong> CAT activity .............................................................................................................. 126<br />

Determ<strong>in</strong>ation <strong>of</strong> MAO activity ........................................................................................................... 126<br />

Immunohistochemistry ....................................................................................................................... 126<br />

Statistical analysis ............................................................................................................................... 127<br />

RESULTS ........................................................................................................................ 128<br />

In vivo effects <strong>of</strong> <strong>alum<strong>in</strong>ium</strong> adm<strong>in</strong>istration on bra<strong>in</strong> lipid peroxidation and prote<strong>in</strong><br />

oxidation ....................................................................................................................................... 128<br />

In vivo effects <strong>of</strong> <strong>alum<strong>in</strong>ium</strong> adm<strong>in</strong>istration on the bra<strong>in</strong> activity <strong>of</strong> different antioxidant<br />

enzymes ......................................................................................................................................... 128<br />

Effects <strong>of</strong> <strong>alum<strong>in</strong>ium</strong> adm<strong>in</strong>istration on the degeneration <strong>of</strong> DA term<strong>in</strong>als <strong>in</strong> the<br />

striatum ......................................................................................................................................... 129<br />

Effects <strong>of</strong> <strong>alum<strong>in</strong>ium</strong> adm<strong>in</strong>istration on bra<strong>in</strong> lipid peroxidation and prote<strong>in</strong> oxidation <strong>in</strong><br />

6-OHDA-lesioned rats and controls ............................................................................................... 130<br />

In vitro effects <strong>of</strong> <strong>alum<strong>in</strong>ium</strong> on the lipid peroxidation and prote<strong>in</strong> oxidation <strong>in</strong>duced by<br />

6-OHDA autoxidation <strong>in</strong> bra<strong>in</strong> mitochondrial preparations .......................................................... 131<br />

In vitro effects <strong>of</strong> <strong>alum<strong>in</strong>ium</strong> on the enzyme activities <strong>of</strong> GPx, SOD, CAT, and MAO .......................... 131<br />

DISCUSSION .................................................................................................................. 132<br />

SUMMARY .......................................................................................... 151<br />

CONCLUSIONS ..................................................................................... 157<br />

RESUMEN ............................................................................................ 163<br />

CONCLUSIONES ................................................................................... 169<br />

PUBLICATIONS AS A DIRECT RESULT FROM THIS THESIS ............................................. 175<br />

PUBLICATIONS ARISING FROM COLLABORATIVE WORK DURING THIS THESIS ........... 176<br />

REFERENCES ........................................................................................ 179

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