Trimethyltin (TMT) neurotoxicity in organotypic rat hippocampal slice cultures

Brain Research

Volumn 783, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 305-315

  Noraberg, Jens ^a   Gramsbergen, Jan Bert P ^a   Fonnum, Frode ^b   Zimmer, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

Author keywords

Microtubule associated protein 2; Neurodegeneration; Neurotoxicity mapping; Organotin compounds; Propidium iodide; Selective vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; COBALT; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; NEUROTOXIN; ORGANOTIN COMPOUND; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; TRIMETHYLTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; COBALT; COLORING AGENTS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NEUROTOXINS; NISSL BODIES; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PROPIDIUM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRIMETHYLTIN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0031938377     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)01358-9     Document Type: Article

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