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Intranasal absorption ........................................................................................................................................................... 58<br />

Dermal absorption ............................................................................................................................................................... 59<br />

Distribution <strong>of</strong> <strong>alum<strong>in</strong>ium</strong> <strong>in</strong> the body ................................................................................................................................. 60<br />

Excretion .............................................................................................................................................................................. 61<br />

Elim<strong>in</strong>ation rate ................................................................................................................................................................... 61<br />

Alum<strong>in</strong>ium <strong>in</strong>flux and efflux <strong>in</strong>to the bra<strong>in</strong> ........................................................................................... 62<br />

Putative mechanisms <strong>of</strong> <strong>alum<strong>in</strong>ium</strong> <strong>neurotoxicity</strong> ................................................................................ 63<br />

Alum<strong>in</strong>ium and <strong>oxidative</strong> <strong>stress</strong> ........................................................................................................................................... 64<br />

The bra<strong>in</strong>: a target for <strong>alum<strong>in</strong>ium</strong> ................................................................................................................................. 64<br />

Alum<strong>in</strong>ium catalyses iron-driven biological oxidations ................................................................................................. 65<br />

Alum<strong>in</strong>ium stimulates superoxide-/non-iron-driven biological oxidations ................................................................... 65<br />

Alum<strong>in</strong>ium-superoxide complex theory ........................................................................................................................ 66<br />

Alum<strong>in</strong>ium <strong>in</strong>hibits the antioxidant enzymes and others .............................................................................................. 66<br />

Alum<strong>in</strong>ium as a cell membrane menace .............................................................................................................................. 67<br />

Alum<strong>in</strong>ium affects cell signal<strong>in</strong>g ........................................................................................................................................... 68<br />

AIMS OF THE PRESENT THESIS ............................................................... 75<br />

OBJETIVOS DE LA PRESENTE TESIS ......................................................... 79<br />

CHAPTER 1 Time-course <strong>of</strong> bra<strong>in</strong> <strong>oxidative</strong> damage caused<br />

by <strong>in</strong>trastriatal adm<strong>in</strong>istration <strong>of</strong> 6-hydroxydopam<strong>in</strong>e <strong>in</strong> a rat<br />

model <strong>of</strong> Park<strong>in</strong>son’s disease ................................................................ 83<br />

ABSTRACT ....................................................................................................................... 85<br />

INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 86<br />

MATERIALS AND METHODS ............................................................................................ 88<br />

Chemicals .............................................................................................................................................. 88<br />

Animal treatment.................................................................................................................................. 88<br />

Bra<strong>in</strong> samples ........................................................................................................................................ 89<br />

Determ<strong>in</strong>ation <strong>of</strong> TBARS ....................................................................................................................... 89<br />

Determ<strong>in</strong>ation <strong>of</strong> prote<strong>in</strong> carbonyl content (PCC) ................................................................................. 89<br />

Determ<strong>in</strong>ation <strong>of</strong> prote<strong>in</strong> thiol content (PTC) ....................................................................................... 90<br />

Statistical analysis ................................................................................................................................. 91<br />

RESULTS .......................................................................................................................... 92<br />

Effects <strong>of</strong> 6-OHDA adm<strong>in</strong>istration on TBARS concentration ................................................................. 92<br />

Effects <strong>of</strong> 6-OHDA adm<strong>in</strong>istration on PCC ............................................................................................. 92<br />

Effects <strong>of</strong> 6-OHDA adm<strong>in</strong>istration on PTC ............................................................................................. 93<br />

DISCUSSION .................................................................................................................... 94<br />

CHAPTER 2 Analysis <strong>of</strong> bra<strong>in</strong> regional distribution <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>alum<strong>in</strong>ium</strong> <strong>in</strong> rats via oral and <strong>in</strong>traperitoneal adm<strong>in</strong>istration ............. 103<br />

ABSTRACT ..................................................................................................................... 105<br />

INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................ 106<br />

MATERIALS AND METHODS .......................................................................................... 107<br />

Chemicals ............................................................................................................................................ 107<br />

Animal treatment................................................................................................................................ 107<br />

Bra<strong>in</strong> samples ...................................................................................................................................... 108<br />

Electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) .................................................................. 108<br />

Statistical analysis ............................................................................................................................... 109<br />

RESULTS ........................................................................................................................ 110<br />

Alum<strong>in</strong>ium distribution <strong>in</strong> the bra<strong>in</strong> after oral and i.p. adm<strong>in</strong>istration ............................................... 110<br />

DISCUSSION .................................................................................................................. 111

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