Total brain tissue sialic acid levels due to glutathione effect in experimental epilepsy


PENÇE S., ERKUTLU İ., Kurtul N., Bosnak M., TAN Ü.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE, cilt.117, sa.11, ss.1523-1535, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 117 Sayı: 11
  • Basım Tarihi: 2007
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/00207450601126384
  • Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1523-1535
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Epilepsy can be described as a group of neurological disorders, characterized by recurrent episodes of convulsive seizures, loss of consciousness, sensory disturbances, abnormal behavior, or all of these. Altered glutathione metabolism in association with increased oxidative stress has been implicated in the pathogenesis of many diseases such as seizures. It is therefore reasonable to propose that sialic acid levels can be affected by this pathological state or, alternately, by seizures. The present study showed that the sialic acid levels were significantly different between the experimental groups as well as in the subgroup analysis. The results suggest that glutathione may have a neuroprotective effect by decreasing sialic acid levels in mice brain.