Action of mannitol in ciguatoxin-intoxicated rats

Toxicon

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-76

  Purcell, Christine E ^a   Capra, Michael F ^b   Cameron, John ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGUATOXIN; MANNITOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTOXICATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFRACTORY PERIOD;

ANIMALS; CIGUATERA POISONING; DIURETICS, OSMOTIC; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; MANNITOL; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032890063     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(98)00134-2     Document Type: Article

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