3-Nitropropionic acid (3-NPA) produces hypothermia and inhibits histochemical labeling of succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) in rat brain

Metabolic Brain Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 83-94

  Nony, P A ^b   Scallet, A C ^a   Rountree, R L ^b   Ye, X ^b   Binienda, Z ^b  

^a Division of Neurotoxicology   (United States)

^b NONE

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Indexed keywords

3 NITROPROPIONIC ACID; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; RAT; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; THALAMUS; THERMOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0032823406     PISSN: 08857490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020753629477     Document Type: Article

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