Lead-induced abnormalities in blood-brain barrier permeability in experimental chronic toxicity

Molecular and Chemical Neuropathology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 207-224

  Struzyńska, Lidia ^a   Walski, Michał ^a   Gadamski, Romam ^b   Dabrowska Bouta, Beata ^a   Rafałowska, Urszula ^a  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Capillaries; Endothelial cells; HRP; Lead; Phospholipids; Synaptosomes; Tight junctions

Indexed keywords

FAT DROPLET; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; LEAD ACETATE; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN CAPILLARY; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIPID BRAIN LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030866111     PISSN: 10447393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02815125     Document Type: Article

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