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ArticleToxicology reports2015

Alpha lipoic acid (ALA) modulates expression of apoptosis associated proteins in hippocampus of rats exposed during postnatal period to sodium arsenite (NaAsO

Shilpi Dixit, Pushpa Dhar, Raj D Mehra

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Article in Toxicology reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shilpi DixitDepartment of Anatomy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India.
Pushpa DharDepartment of Anatomy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India.
Raj D MehraDepartment of Anatomy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India.
All India Institute of Medical Sciences · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present study focused on the role of exogenous alpha lipoic acid (ALA) in amelioration of inorganic arsenic (

Indexed as

ALA, alpha lipoic acidArsenic (iAs)BaxBcl-2CA1, CA2, CA3, cornu amonis subregionsCV, cresyl violetDG, dentate gyrusHippocampusiAs, arsenici.p., intraperitonealNa2AsO2, sodium arseniteOxidative stressPND, post natal dayTUNEL, TdT mediated dUTP biotin nick-end labelingα-Lipoic acid (ALA)

Identifiers

PMID28962340
PMCPMC5598373
OpenAlexW2085698336

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