Prediction of neurotoxic potency of hazardous substances with a modular in vitro test battery

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 115-120

  Binding, Norbert ^a   Madeja, Michael ^a   Musshoff, Ulrich ^a   Neidt, Ursula ^a   Altrup, Ulrich ^a   Speckmann, Erwin Josef ^a   Witting, Ute ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

glutamate channels; isolated neuronal networks; isolated neurons; lead; neurotoxicity; potassium channels; test battery

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; LEAD; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FROG; IN VITRO STUDY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; GASTROPODA; HELIX POMATIA; XENOPUS (GENUS); XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030296551     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-4274(96)03726-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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