Brain regional lipid peroxidation and metallothionein levels of developing rats exposed to cadmium and dexamethasone

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 151-157

  Méndez Armenta, Marisela ^a   Villeda Hernández, Juana ^a   Barroso Moguel, Rosario ^a   Nava Ruíz, Concepción ^a   Jiménez Capdeville, Maria E ^a   Ríos, Camilo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Dexamethasone; LPO; Metallothionein; Neurotoxicity

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; DEXAMETHASONE; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN LEVEL; CEREBELLUM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0042133103     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(03)00199-1     Document Type: Article

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