Artemisinin neurotoxicity: Neuropathology in rats and mechanistic studies in vitro

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-12

  Kamchonwongpaisan, Sumalee ^a   McKeever, Paul ^b   Hossler, Paul ^a   Ziffer, Herman ^c   Meshnick, Steven R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEETHER; ARTEMISININ; DEFEROXAMINE; DIHYDROARTEMISININ; NERVE PROTEIN; TRITIUM;

ALKYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CEREBELLUM; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG UPTAKE; ERYTHROCYTE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NEUROPIL; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RAT; RETICULAR FORMATION;

ANIMALIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TRITIUM;

EID: 0031019198     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.56.7     Document Type: Article

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