Long-term nicotine exposure reduces Purkinje cell number in the adult rat cerebellar vermis

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 329-334

  Chen, Wei Jung A ^a   Edwards, Russell B ^a   Romero, Roland D ^a   Parnell, Scott E ^a   Monk, Rebecca J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Neurotoxicity; Smoking; Stereology; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; CELL LOSS; CELL MATURATION; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; SMOKING; STEREOLOGY;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0037737840     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-0362(02)00350-1     Document Type: Article

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