Persistent olfactory mucosal metaplasia and increased olfactory bulb glial fibrillary acidic protein levels following a single dose of methylsulfonyl-dichlorobenzene in mice: Comparison of the 2,5- and 2,6- dichlorinated isomers

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-59

  Bahrami, Fariba ^a   Bergman, Ulrika ^b   Brittebo, Eva B ^c   Brandt, Ingvar ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chlorinated benzene; Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP); Methylsulfone; Nasal polyp; Olfactory bulb; Olfactory mucosa; Ossification; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MESYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LAMINA PROPRIA; METAPLASIA; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM;

EID: 0033983301     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1999.8818     Document Type: Article

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