Brain neurotoxicity of Penitrem A: Electrophysiological, behavioral and histopathological study

Toxicon

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 645-655

  Breton, P ^a   Bizot, J C ^a   Buee, J ^a   De La Manche, I ^a  

^a CENTRE D ETUDES DU BOUCHET   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYCOTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MOTONEURON; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MYCOTOXINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032496098     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(97)00084-6     Document Type: Article

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