Cerebellar morphological alterations in rats induced by prenatal ozone exposure

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 276, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-40

  Rivas Manzano, Patricia ^a   Paz, Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Histopathology; Prenatal ozone exposure; Purkinje cells

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; TISSUE NECROSIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM; CHROMATIN; FEMALE; NECROSIS; OZONE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PURKINJE CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0032741784     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00777-6     Document Type: Article

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