Biochemical markers of neurotoxicity in wildlife and human populations: Considerations for method development

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 68, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 1413-1429

  Stamler, Christopher J ^a,c   Basu, Niladri ^b,c   Chan, Hing Man ^a,b,c  

^a McGill University Macdonald Campus   (Canada)

^b Department of Natural Resource Sciences And ^*  (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLINESTERASE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN TISSUE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MINK; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; TEMPERATURE; THROMBOCYTE; TISSUE PRESERVATION; WILDLIFE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BLOOD STORAGE; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; TIME; TOXICITY AND INTOXICATION;

ANIMALIA; MUSTELA VISON;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PLATELETS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; BRAIN; CHOLINESTERASES; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINK; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

EID: 23844502035     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390590956560     Document Type: Article

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