Among these defense networks, endogenous sulfhydryls, mainly reduced glutathione (GSH), have a major role in gastric mucosal cytoprotection against oxidative stress in a variety of models (Goldin et al, 1997
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The neuroprotective role of estrogens implies a close regulation of processes such as (i) anti-oxidant activity (Kumar et al., 2010), (ii) DNA repair (Scharfman and MacLusky, 2006), (iv) synaptic plasticity (McEwen and Milner, 2007), and (v) the blood flow to the brain (Zhao and Brinton, 2006
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