Apoptosis and necrosis in developing brain cells due to arsenic toxicity and protection with antioxidants

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 65-76

  Chattopadhyay, Sukumar ^a   Bhaumik, Sraboni ^a   Purkayastha, Madhumita ^a   Basu, Srabanti ^b   Nag Chaudhuri, Aditi ^b   Das Gupta, Shyamal ^c  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b LADY BRABOURNE COLLEGE   (India)

^c DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Arsenic; Dimercaptosuccinic acid; Human fetal brain explant; Lipid peroxidation; Vitamin C; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ARSENIC; ASCORBIC ACID; CATALASE; DNA; DRINKING WATER; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; NITRIC OXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUCCIMER; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL PROTECTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; ARSENIC; BRAIN; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHELATING AGENTS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; LEUCINE; MALE; NECROSIS; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; THYMIDINE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0037111281     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(02)00282-5     Document Type: Article

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