Effects of acute benzene exposure on brain enkephalin immunostaining and degradation

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 611-616

  Varona, Adolfo ^a   Echevarria, Enrique ^a   Irazusta, Jon ^a   Serrano, Roberto ^a   Gil, Javier ^a   Casis, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aminopeptidase; Analgesia; Benzene; Enkephalin; Rat brain

Indexed keywords

AMINOPEPTIDASE; BENZENE; ENKEPHALIN; NEUROTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN STEM; CENTRAL GRAY MATTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TEGMENTUM;

AMINOPEPTIDASES; ANIMALS; BENZENE; BRAIN; ENKEPHALIN, LEUCINE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PAIN THRESHOLD; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0031774046     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-0362(98)00015-4     Document Type: Article

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