Ultrastructural pathology and cytochemical investigations of L-2-chloropropionic acid-induced neurointoxication of the rat cerebellum

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 241-251

  Jones, H B ^a   Jenkins, C R ^a   Bowdler, A L ^a   Simpson, M G ^a   Lock, E A ^a  

^a ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium localisation; Excitotoxicity; Granule cells; L 2 Chloropropionic acid; Neurotoxicity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CEREBELLUM; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ERYTHROCYTE; EXTRAVASATION; EXTRAVASCULAR SPACE; GOLGI COMPLEX; GRANULE CELL; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEUROTOXINS; PROPIONIC ACIDS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0031055552     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050610     Document Type: Article

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