CHANGE OF ANTIOXIDANT ENZYME ACTIVITIES, SOME METALS AND LIPID PEROXIDATION IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
ACTA MEDICA MEDITERRANEA, vol.32, no.5, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 32 Issue: 5
- Publication Date: 2016
- Doi Number: 10.19193/0393-6384_2016_5_144
- Journal Name: ACTA MEDICA MEDITERRANEA
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Keywords: Alzheimer's Disease, Antioxidants, Serum Metals, Heavy Metals, Lipid peroxidation
- Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No
Abstract
Introduction: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive cognitive regression and memory loss. It has been claimed that oxidative stress and factors such as metal accumulation in the brain play important roles in the etiopathogenesis of the disease.