Red Wine, but not port wine, protects rat hippocampal dentate gyrus against ethanol-induced neuronal damage--relevance of the sugar content.

Aims: Chronic ethanol consumption leads to oxidative damage in the central nervous system inducing neuronal degeneration and impairment of brain functions. Nevertheless, it has been reported that grape polyphenols might prevent the alluded ethanol effects. We have reported that prolonged red wine in...

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Publicado en:Alcohol & Alcoholism Vol. 43; no. 4; pp. 408 - 416
Autores principales: Carneiro A, Assunçao M, De Freitas V, Paula-Barbosa MM, Andrade JP
Formato: Journal Article
Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Jul/Aug2008
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