Tellurium-induced cognitive deficits in rats are related to neuropathological changes in the central nervous system

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 203-214

  Widy Tyszkiewicz, Ewa ^a   Piechal, Agnieszka ^a   Gajkowska, Barbara ^b   Śmiałek, Mieczysław ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Brain; Rat; Spatial learning; Tellurium; Water maze

Indexed keywords

SODIUM TELLURITE; TELLURIUM DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING DISORDER; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE; SPATIAL MEMORY; SYNAPSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOXICITY TESTING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCIATIC NERVE; TELLURIUM;

EID: 0037188447     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(02)00050-4     Document Type: Article

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