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. 1998 Nov 30;813(1):200-2.
doi: 10.1016/s0006-8993(98)01020-8.

Methamphetamine causes lipid peroxidation and an increase in superoxide dismutase activity in the rat striatum

O Açikgöz  1 , S Gönenç, B M Kayatekin, N Uysal, C Pekçetin, I Semin, A Güre
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Methamphetamine causes lipid peroxidation and an increase in superoxide dismutase activity in the rat striatum

O Açikgöz et al. Brain Res. .

Abstract

The administration of methamphetamine to experimental animals results in damage to nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons. In the present study, we demonstrated that both the acute repeated and the chronic administration of methamphetamine causes an increase in thiobarbituric acid reactive substances, which are indicators of lipid peroxidation, and superoxide dismutase activity in the rat striatum. The results of present study strengthen the notion that reactive oxygen species may play an important role in the methamphetamine-induced neurotoxicity.

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