Antagonistic effect of melatonin against cyanide-induced seizures and acute lethality in mice

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-24

  Yamamoto, Hiro Aki ^a   Tang, Hai Wang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute lethality; Antagonistic effect; Cyanide; Lipid peroxidation; Melatonin; Seizures

Indexed keywords

CYANIDE; MELATONIN; SCAVENGER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LETHALITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030245763     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-4274(96)03671-5     Document Type: Article

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