Sub-chronic exposure to toluene at 40 ppm alters the monoamine biosynthesis rate in discrete brain areas

Toxicology

Volumn 196, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 21-30

  Soulage, Christophe ^a   Perrin, D ^a   Berenguer, P ^b   Pequignot, J M ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Physiologie Int&EACUTE grative Cellulaire et Mol&EACUTE culaire Villeurbanne   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

Brain; Low dose; Toluene; Tryptophane hydroxylase; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBENZYLHYDRAZINE; 5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; BRAIN MONOAMINE; CATECHOLAMINE; LEVODOPA; SEROTONIN; TOLUENE; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HYDROXYLATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN VIVO STUDY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MONOAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; ZONA INCERTA;

EID: 1242293750     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2003.10.003     Document Type: Article

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