Fluoride enhances the effect of aluminium chloride on interconnections between aggregates of hippocampal neurons

Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-21

  Van der Voet, G B ^a   Schijns, O ^a   De Wolff, F A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aggregates; Aluminium; Cell culture; Cytoskeletal proteins; Fluoride; Neurofilaments; Neurotoxicity

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM CHLORIDE; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; FLUORIDE; FLUORIDE SODIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL; NEUROFILAMENT; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; CELL AGGREGATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHLORIDES; CYTOSKELETON; DRUG SYNERGISM; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEURITES; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SODIUM FLUORIDE;

EID: 0032717599     PISSN: 13813455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/apab.107.1.15.4356     Document Type: Article

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