Insulin protects against amyloid β-peptide toxicity in brain mitochondria of diabetic rats

This study compared the status of brain mitochondria isolated from 12-week streptozotocin (STZ)-diabetic rats versus STZ-diabetic animals treated with insulin during a period of 4 weeks. Brain mitochondria isolated from 12-week citrate (vehicle)-treated rats were used as control. For that purpose, s...

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Main Authors: Paula I. Moreira, Maria S. Santos, Cristina Sena, Raquel Seiça, Catarina R. Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2005-04-01
Series:Neurobiology of Disease
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996104002694