Stereological analysis of lipofuscin in the central nervous system of Torpedo marmorata: correlation with superoxide dismutase distribution.
It was observed that superoxide dismutase was inversely proportional to the amount of lipofuscin present in the various anatomotopographical areas of the Torpedo marmorata central nervous system. These results support the theory that age pigments are a product of free lipoperoxidation induced by free radicals.
D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D001931:Brain Mapping; D005260:Female; D008054:Lipid Peroxides / Q000378:metabolism; D008062:Lipofuscin / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D010860:Pigments, Biological / Q000378:metabolism*; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism*; D014101:Torpedo / Q000502:physiology*
D008054:Lipid Peroxides; D008062:Lipofuscin; D010860:Pigments, Biological; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase