Chloroform-induced olfactory mucosal degeneration and osseous ethmoid hyperplasia are not associated with olfactory deficits in Fischer 344 rats

Toxicology

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 39-50

  Dorman, David C ^a   Miller, Kristin L ^a   D'Antonio, Angela ^a   James, R Arden ^a   Morgan, Kevin T ^a  

^a CIIT CENTERS FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloroform; Hyposmia; Nasal pathology; Olfaction; Rat

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; CHLOROFORM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ETHMOID BONE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERPLASIA; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMELLING; TISSUE DEGENERATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CHLOROFORM; ETHMOID BONE; FEMALE; HYPERPLASIA; HYPESTHESIA; NECROSIS; OLFACTION DISORDERS; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SMELL;

ANIMALIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030837170     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-483X(97)00076-0     Document Type: Article

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