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Table 3 Al contents in the brain tissues of neonatal pups after 2-weeks intraperitoneal administration of AlCl 3 1,2,3

From: Aluminum overload increases oxidative stress in four functional brain areas of neonatal rats

 

Control (n = 8)

LA (n = 8)

HA (n = 7)

Whole brain (ng/g)

165.5 ± 37.9 b

167.4 ± 32.8 b

219.5 ± 43.1 a

Cerebral cortex (ng/g)

60.9 ± 7.5

61.5 ± 26.1

60.4 ± 11.4

Hippocampus (ng/g)

294.9 ± 180.8 b

492.0 ± 236.8 ab

751.0 ± 225.8 a

Diencephalon (ng/g)

20.4 ± 9.6 b

46.9 ± 33.9 b

79.6 ± 20.7 a

Cerebellum (ng/g)

83.1 ± 15.2 b

88.1 ± 21.6 b

144.8 ± 36.2 a

Brain stem (ng/g)

42.0 ± 6.1

41.0 ± 13.0

57.4 ± 21.8

Pituitary gland (mg/g)

3.08 ± 1.42

2.34 ± 0.49

2.42 ± 0.82

Olfactory bulb (ng/g)

173.9 ± 42.2

183.7 ± 36.9

171.2 ± 75.3

  1. 1 Values are mean ± SD.
  2. 2 Intraperitoneal (IP) administered AlCl3 of 0, 7, 35 mg Al/kg body wt/day for 2 weeks in control, low Al (LA) and high Al (HA) groups respectively.
  3. 3 Values in the same raw with different a, b superscripts are significantly different (p < 0.05).