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Measurement of Total Calcium in Neurons by Electron Probe X-ray Microanalysis
Published on: November 20, 2013
[Dynamics of calcium intake in the brain tissue in hypercholesterolemia]
Abstract:
A dynamics of calcium content in rat brain during endogenic hypercholesterolemia, caused by action of the stressful factor (restriction of vital space (80-100 sm2 per one individual) and high salt diet (2 g/kg)) was studied. It was revealed that under the given conditions there is an increase in calcium content in the brain. Nifedipine (2 mg/ kg per day) significantly reduced calcium content in the brain that has allowed making an assumption of some mechanisms of this phenomenon.
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