Neurotoxic effects on the dopaminergic system induced by TaClo (1-trichloromethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-β-carboline), a potential mammalian alkaloid: In vivo and in vitro studies

Biogenic Amines

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 83-102

  Bringmann, G ^a   Feineis, D ^a   God, R ^a   Fahr S ^a   Wesemann, W ^b   Clement, H W ^b   Grote, C ^b   Kolasiewicz, W ^c   Sontag, K H ^d,e   Heim, C ^d,e   Sontag, T A ^d,e   Reichmann, H ^d,e   Janetzky, B ^d,e   Rausch, W D ^a   Abdel Mohsen, M ^a   Koutsilieri, E ^a,f   Gotz M E ^f   Gsell, W ^f   Zielke, B ^f   Riederer, P ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Poland)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dopaminergic neurotoxicity; Highly halogenated carbolines; Histological findings in vitro and in vivo; In vivo pulse voltammetry; Locomotor activity; Mitochondrial respiration; Parkinsonism; TaClo (1 trichloromethyl 1,2,3,4 tetrahydro carboline)

Indexed keywords

1 TRICHLOROMETHYL 1,2,3,4 TETRAHYDRO BETA CARBOLINE; BETA CARBOLINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORAL HYDRATE; DOPAMINE; SOLVENT; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; TRYPTAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MOUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NIGRONEOSTRIATAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PARKINSONISM; PH; RAT; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 15844367456     PISSN: 01688561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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