Effects of thimerosal, an organic sulfhydryl modifying agent, on serotonin transport activity into rabbit blood platelets

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 391-396

  Nishio, Hiroaki ^a   Nezasa, Ken Ichi ^a   Hirano, Jun ^a   Nakata, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CALCIUM ION; DITHIOTHREITOL; SEROTONIN; THIOMERSAL; THROMBOXANE A2;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SEROTONIN RELEASE; THROMBOCYTE;

EID: 0030271555     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0197-0186(95)00166-2     Document Type: Article

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