The oxidative and morphological effects of high concentration chronic toluene exposure on rat sciatic nerves

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-38

  Coskun, Omer ^a   Oter, Sukru ^b   Korkmaz, Ahmet ^b   Armutcu, Ferah ^a   Kanter, Mehmet ^a  

^a ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Lipid peroxidation; Sciatic nerve; Toluene; Ultrastructural

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALONALDEHYDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TOLUENE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPOSURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INHALATION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MYELIN DEFICIENCY; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; TISSUE SECTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCIATIC NERVE; TOLUENE;

EID: 13844266057     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-004-9683-6     Document Type: Article

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