Some early biochemical changes in rat brain after single exposure to anaesthetic ether

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-4

  Viswanathan, V ^a   Kakkar, Poonam ^a   Seth, P K ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

anaesthetic ether; antioxidants; free radicals; lipid peroxidation; neurotoxicity; RNA

Indexed keywords

ETHER; FREE RADICAL; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 0029987072     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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