The toxicity of exposure to the organochlorine, dieldrine, at a sympathetic junction and on the skin of the frog, Caudiverbera caudiverbera

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 587-591

  Suwalsky, M ^a   Norris, B ^a   Benites, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cell membrane; Dieldrin; Metabolite exchange; Neuroepithelial synapse

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; CHLORIDE CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIAZEPAM; DIELDRIN; HEPTACHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; TRANQUILIZER; VERAPAMIL;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHLORIDE CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS; EXPOSURE; FROG; LIPID BILAYER; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENT; SKIN STIMULATION; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; ANURA; DIELDRIN; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GAP JUNCTIONS; INSECTICIDES; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSES; TIBIAL NERVE;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; CAUDIVERBERA CAUDIVERBERA;

EID: 0036868284     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0960327102ht297oa     Document Type: Article

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